variegation noun. [vɛ:rɪ'geɪʃ(ǝ)n, vɛ:rɪǝ-] M17.
[formed as VARIEGATED: see -ATION.]
1. The condition or quality of being variegated or varied in colour; the process or fact of variegating something; spec. in Botany, the presence of patches of different-coloured tissue in the leaves, petals, or other parts of a plant (freq. inherited or due to viral infection). M17.
b. A variegated marking. Usu. in pl. M17.

2. The action or process of diversifying or making something varied in character; an instance of this. M17.
b. Alternation of (one thing with another). Only in L18.

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