variegated

(vâr'ē-ĭ-gā'tĭd, vâr'ĭ-gā'-, văr'-)
adj.

1. Having streaks, marks, or patches of a different color or colors; varicolored: "If they recall the Colosseum . . . it is only as a showcase for cats more variegated than any fevered artist's mind could imagine" (Michael Mewshaw).
2. Distinguished or characterized by variety; diversified.

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meaning 'marked by irregular patches of colour', is pronounced vair-i-gay-tid as four syllables in British English but in American English more often as five syllables (with the middle e articulated).

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adjective

1. Having many different colors: motley, multicolor, multicolored, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, polychromous, varicolored, versicolor, versicolored. See colors/colorless.
2. Consisting of a number of different kinds: assorted, divers, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multifarious, multiform, sundry, varied, various. Biology polymorphic, polymorphous. See same/different/compare.

adj

Definition: multicolored
Antonyms: monochrome, plain

Said of material or a surface which is irregularly marked with different colors; dappled.

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A term used to describe leaves that are marked, striped, or blotched with some color (usually white or yellow) other than green.

For a list of words related to variegated, see:

• Plants and Plant Parts - variegated: (adj) designating plant with patterned or bicolored leaves and petals

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