onionskin

Etymology

From onion + skin; named for its resemblance to the skin of an onion (thin and crinkly).

onionskin means A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.

noun

A thin, strong, light, translucent paper; used especially for making carbon copies.“I heard the dry-leaf rustle of onionskin papers.”
A kind of marble with swirls of color on the outside.