Ve|su|vi|an

Ve|su|vi|an «vuh SOO vee uhn», adjective, noun.

–adj.

of, having to do with, or resembling Mount Vesuvius, a volcano southeast of Naples, Italy; volcanic.

–n.

1. Sometimes, vesuvian. (formerly) a kind of match with a sputtering flame used especially for lighting cigars and pipe tobacco.

2. = vesuvianite. (Cf. ↑vesuvianite)