variegation

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The results are Romantic landscapes in miniature, with the variegation of the stone transforming into fields, skies and mountains whose beauty is further enhanced by the delicate metalwork in which they’re mounted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Maybe it’s a new-to-you species or an old species reimagined in an unusual color, with splashy variegation or striking features.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2021

Many cultivars of ivy can be found in and around gardens, some showing flashy variegation, others with finely dissected leaves.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2017

The Rockies may offer wilder wildernesses, but you don’t experience the pleasure of sharp cultural variegation as you move from place to place.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

It is very curious to note that variegation is perhaps the most universally known anomaly, while its hereditary tendencies are least known.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de