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# variegated

adjective (variegated)

«variegated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Variegated leaves or flowers have patches, stripes or edges of different colours, often green and white or yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#m1)
2. Variegated means having many different colours or kinds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in gardening and science about plants («variegated ivy», «variegated leaves»), and sometimes about yarn, stones or animals.

### Examples

- The variegated ivy has green and cream leaves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#x1)
- Grandma grows a variegated holly with yellow edges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#x2)
- Variegated plants need lots of light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#x3)
- The shop sold variegated wool in many colours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#x4)
- We drew a variegated leaf in science. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#x5)
- The snake had variegated scales of brown and gold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#x6)
- Do you notice the variegated splendour of the walls and windows? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced VAIR-ee-uh-gay-tid. A rather technical word; everyday speech says «striped», «patchy» or «multicoloured». In science: white patches have less chlorophyll, so they cannot make food from light.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «variegated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/variegated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«variegated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/variegated.html) on Mova free.