Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A variation in the colour of different zones of the same plant.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being variegated; streaked, spotted.

More definitions
  • variability in coloration
  • the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Ziri's ivy is losing its variegation.

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  2. Ziri loves the variegation of this ivy.

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  3. The variegation of the ivy started to fade.

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  4. You can see the beautiful variegation on the leaves of this ivy.

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  5. Ivy's variegation came back.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: variegations
Singularvariegation
Pluralvariegations

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered):diversification

Word family

1 related words
Relatedvariegate

See also

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