Definition of "majolica" [ma•jol•i•ca]

• Tin-glazed earthenware that is often richly colored and decorated, especially an earthenware of this type produced in Italy. (noun)
• Pottery made in imitation of this earthenware. (noun)

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• "She knew it well – the smell shops, the black marks of snow on the plaster ornaments of the front entrances, the plants in majolica pots or coloured tissue paper in the windows, the fashion-plates against the panes at the dressmaker's, and the narrow gateway leading to dark back-yards, where small heaps of dirty snow made the air still more raw."
• "Valencian Moors called majolica by foreigners because of its Majorcan origin."
• "Gubbio, where the peculiar kind of majolica above noted was made, is a small town once in the territory of the dukes of Urbino; and in the sixteenth century it became famous for its pottery."