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VARIEGATED.
of woodlands and of cultivated declivities . . variegates the
prospect in a charming manner. 1855 Macaulay HUt.
F.ng. xviii. IV. 238 Where the British flag, variegated by
the crosses of Saint George and Saint Andrew, hung by the
side of the white flag of France. 1863 HAivxHORSEOKrO/a:
Home (iij/. Philos. 1. 7 Who does not admire the
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variegated diversity of colours in her [the butterfly's] expansed
wings? 183S Lyell Princ. Ceol. iil. xvi. (ed. 4) HI.
271 The surface.. was of a variegated colour. 1877 Black
Green Past, xlii, A rich wilderness of flowers, of the most
bountiful verdure and variegated colours.
5. Produced by variation ; variant.
187s Liddon Etetn, Relig. iv. 143 For all that disease is
disease, and not a variegated form of health.
Hence 'Va'rlegatedness.
1668 WiLKiNs Real Char. 215 Variegatedness, motly.pyed,
particoloured, divers colours.
Variegation (ve»ri|eg^''Jan). [f. Vakiegate
V. Cf. Sp. varUgacion, Pg. variegafdo.']
1. The condition or quality of being variegated
or varied in colour ; diversity of colour or the production
of this ; spec, in Bot., the presence of two
or more colours in the leaves, petals, or other parts
of plants ; also, defective or special development
leading to such colouring.
1646S1RT. Browhk Pseud. Ep. 36^ He .. that could content
himselfe . . that the variegation of Birds was from their living
in the Sunne. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Variegation, a
garnishing with divers colours. X758 Johnson Idler No. 64
p 5, I happened to catch a moth of^peculiar variegation.
177s Adair Atner. Indiaits 3 The variegation, .of colours
among the human race. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVI. 142/1
This variegation of the leaves sometimes disappears. 1861
Bentley Man. Bot. 745 Variegation in leaves must be
regarded as a diseased condition of the cells of which they
are composed. i88a G. Allen in Nature XXVI. 323 When
we come to consider the subject of variegation lof colours in
flowers] and of reversion.
b. With a and pi. Also, a variegated marking.
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