Versicolor

Versicolor
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]

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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 — |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 — [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

  • 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

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