Galatea

·add. ·noun A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white.

Galatea
Gălătēa, ae, f., =Γαλάτεια. I A seanymph , Ov. M. 13, 738; 789; 839 sq.; Verg. A. 9, 103.— II A...

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