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versicolor

[ vur-si-kuhl-er ]

/ ˈvɜr sɪˌkʌl ər /

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adjective

changeable in color: versicolor skies.

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

RELATED WORDS

checkered, dappled, kaleidoscopic, motley, mottled, multicolored, piebald, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, spotted, varicolored, variegated, particolored, pied, prismatic

Nearby words

Also especially British, ver·si·col·our.

Origin of versicolor

1620–30; < Latin, equivalent to vers(us) past participle of vertere to turn (see verse) + -i- -i- + color color

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for versicolor

Versicolor means changing color, referring to the different bands of color.
The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise|M. E. Hard
IRIS versicolor imberbis foliis ensiformibus, scapo tereti flexuoso, germinibus subtrigonis.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. I|William Curtis
Our plant is the picta of Miller, and the versicolor of Miller is, we believe, the sibirica of Linnæus.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. I|William Curtis
Versicolor is a good name for this bright Cholla since it means “variegated or diversified in color.”
The Fantastic Clan|John James Thornber

The skin disease Pityriasis (tinea) versicolor was shown to be due to the Microsporon furfur by Eichstedt in 1846.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology|Charles Bradfield Morrey