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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Biology Having zones of a different color or texture, as rings or bands.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In botany, marked with zones or concentric bands of color.
  • In zoology, having zones of color or texture; belted, girdled, or ringed; zoned.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Bot.) Divided by parallel planes.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology Having or appearing to have multiple zones, such as of color or texture.
  • adjective biology Having different colors, textures, or other patterns form a pattern of rings, bands, or stripes.

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