versicolor

[ vur-si-kuhl-er ]
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adjective
  1. changeable in color: versicolor skies.

  2. of various colors; parti-colored: a versicolor flower arrangement.

Origin of versicolor

1
1620–30; <Latin, equivalent to vers(us) past participle of vertere to turn (see verse) + -i--i- + colorcolor
  • Also especially British, ver·si·col·our .

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