I versicolor

I versicolor
Flower-de-luce Flow"er-de-luce", n. [Corrupted fr. fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ({Iris}) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. [1913 Webster]

Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are {Iris Germanica}, {I. Florentina}, {I. Persica}, {I. sambucina}, and the American {I. versicolor}, {I. prismatica}, etc. [1913 Webster]


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  • Versicolor — may refer to:* Brugmansia versicolor , a near threatened species * Calotes versicolor , an agamid lizard * Eleutherodactylus versicolor , a species of frog found in Ecuador and Peru * Ipomoea versicolor , an ornamental plant * Iris versicolor , a …   Wikipedia

  • VERSICOLOR — Vestis, Meretricum apud Athenienses proptia, ex Lege memorata Suidae, τὰς ἑταίρας ἄνθινα φορεῖν, Meretrices floridas vestes indutae sunto. Artemidorus enim ποικίλαν et ἀνθηρὰν, versicolorem et floridam vocat, l. 2. c. 3. Γυναικὶ δὲ ποικίλη καὶ… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Versicolor — Ver si*col or, Versicolored Ver si*col ored, a. [L. versicolor; versare to change + color color.] Having various colors; changeable in color. Versicolor, sweet smelling flowers. Burton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • versicolor — |ô| adj. 2 g. Que tem variadas cores. = FURTA CORES, MATIZADO   ‣ Etimologia: latim versicolor, oris …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Versicŏlor — (lat.), schillernd …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • VERSICOLOR Linea — inter instrumenta Venationi inservientia, concludebat saltibus feras, vel terrebat apros, vulpes, lupos, ursos, et praecipue cervos: hinc Formido Latinis dicta est. Ovid. l. 5. Fastor. v. 173. Pavidos formidine cervos. In ea alternus plumarum,… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • versicolor — [vʉr′si kul΄ər] adj. [L < versare, to change (see VERSATILE) + color,COLOR] 1. having many colors; variegated 2. changing in color; iridescent …   English World dictionary

  • versicolor — Variegated; marked by a variety of color. [L. particolored, fr. verso, to turn, twist, + color, color] * * * versicolor see PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR, TINEA VERSICOLOR * * * ver·si·co·lor (vur″si kulґər) [L. vertere to turn + color] 1.… …   Medical dictionary

  • versicolor — /verr si kul euhr/, adj. 1. changeable in color: versicolor skies. 2. of various colors; parti colored: a versicolor flower arrangement. Also, esp. Brit., versicolour. [1620 30; < L, equiv. to vers(us) ptp. of vertere to turn (see VERSE) + i I +… …   Universalium

  • versicolor — versi̱|color [aus gleichbed. lat. versicolor]: die Farbe wechselnd, schillernd; vielfarbig; z. B. in der Fügung ↑Pityriasis versicolor …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • versicolor — adj. [L. versicolor, to change color] Having many colors; changeable in color …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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