variegation
[ vair-ee-i-gey-shuhn, vair-i-gey- ]
noun
an act of variegating.
the state or condition of being variegated; varied coloration.
Origin of variegation
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How to use variegation in a sentence
Its leaves have a variegation of creamy white on a dark green ground.
Amateur Gardencraft | Eben E. RexfordWhich is in the dish there is yellow and the white and all the sleep, all the variegation lying makes the best as in the grate.
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein | Gertrude SteinThe variegated form of C. scandens should be propagated by cuttings to hold the variegation.
The Practical Garden-Book | C. E. HunnOn her breast was a collection of luminous stones, their variegation imitating the scales of the murena.
Salammbo | Gustave FlaubertRequires careful distinction from Passerella but is smaller and variegation of head still traceable.
The Birds of Washington (Volume 1 of 2) | William Leon Dawson
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