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versicolor \VUR-si-kuhl-er, adjective:

1. Changeable in color: versicolor skies.
2. Of various colors; parti-colored: a versicolor flower arrangement.

The three large versicolor flowers opened up with a silky slap…
— Boris Vian, Foam of the Daze
The versicolor glow of the Algeron Effect, just a few hundred thousand kilometers from the space station, angled through the viewing port and stippled the far wall.
— David R. George III, Serpents Among the Ruins

Versicolor comes from the Latin roots vers meaning “to turn” and color. It entered English in the 1620s.


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