Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a variety of colors; variegated.
- adjective Changing in color; iridescent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having several different colors; partycolored; variegated in color.
- Changeable in color, as the chameleon; glancing different hues or tints in different lights; iridescent; sheeny. Also versicolorate.
- Also verse-colored, versicolored, versicolorous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having various colors; changeable in color.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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As "" versicolor "" may suggest, they are very variable in color.
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As "" versicolor "" may suggest, they are very variable in color.
WN.com - Articles related to Traders defy FDB ban on turkey tail 2010
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If I am not mistaken this is one of the 2 similar tree frogs of eastern North America: gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) or Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis).
Archive 2009-04-01 AYDIN 2009
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Just so they won't feel left out, here are the other fungi mentioned by Riggs that are quite suitable for his invention: Ascomycete mycelia; Bjerkandera sordidicola sp BOS55; Pycnoporus cinnabarinus; Stachybotrys; Inonotius dryophilus; Perenniporia medulla-panis; Ganoderma oregonense; Trametes versicolor; Phellinus badius; Agaricus bisporus; Pieurotus ostreatus; Lentinula edodes; and Phanerochaete Chrysosporium.
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The exhibit is about frogs and your image of the Hyla versicolor–gray tree frog works especially.
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Four out of six species of painted snails (Polymita picta, P. brocheri, P. venusta and P. versicolor) - a group of endemic mollusks considered perhaps the most beautifully colored genus in the world, live in the area, one of which (P. brocheri) can only be found in a section of these terrace systems.
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This is Epimedium x versicolor ‘Sulphureum’ on April 2, 2008.
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Hyla versicolor was the previous entry in this blog.
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Just so they won't feel left out, here are the other fungi mentioned by Riggs that are quite suitable for his invention: Ascomycete mycelia; Bjerkandera sordidicola sp BOS55; Pycnoporus cinnabarinus; Stachybotrys; Inonotius dryophilus; Perenniporia medulla-panis; Ganoderma oregonense; Trametes versicolor; Phellinus badius; Agaricus bisporus; Pieurotus ostreatus; Lentinula edodes; and Phanerochaete Chrysosporium.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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If I am not mistaken this is one of the 2 similar tree frogs of eastern North America: gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) or Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis).
A well hidden tree frog AYDIN 2009
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