bicolor

[ bahy-kuhl-er ]

/ ˈbaɪˌkʌl ər /

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Also bicolored; especially British, bicoloured. having two colors: a bicolor flower.

a flag divided into two major areas of color.

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Also especially British, bi·col·our .

From Latin, dating back to 1860–65; see origin at bi-¹, color

Here also is Cattleya bicolor Measuresiana, an exquisite example of a species always charming to my taste.
The Woodlands Orchids|Frederick Boyle
He makes the same remark for the allied forms (bicolor, saccharatus, etc.), which are often regarded as mere varieties.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
They were small and often were collapsed in the individuals I dissected, but were most clearly seen in Iridoprocne bicolor.
Thoracic and Coracoid Arteries In Two Families of Birds, Columbidae and Hirundinidae|Marion Anne Jenkinson
This may be readily seen by comparing the picture of the purple bicolor on Plate II.
Mendelism|Reginald Crundall Punnett

The horticultural characters of Bicolor are much the same as those of stivalis.
Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick