(adj.) diversified, distinctly marked (Each wire in the engineering exam was variegated by color so that the students could figure out which one was which.)

Leaves that are multi-colored.

When leaves contain two separate colours

Leaves that are spotted, edged or blotched with a different colour to the main colour.

blotched, edged, or striped with yellow, white, or a cream color; as in Variegated Sweet flag

Leaves that have edges or patches a different colour than the main leaf colour

Multi-colored leaves. Usually green, bronze or golden leaves are spotted, mottled, edged or netted with contrasting or complementary colors.

definition – typically refers to a plant coloring that is blotched, edged, or striped with yellow, white, or a cream color. In the water garden people enjoy variegated Sweet Flag and variegated ribbon grass.

Irregularly colored in patches or stripes.

Foliage with different colours, usually but not always random, alternating on the foliage.

plant pigmentation that creates multicolored foliage.

Plants whose leaves and sometimes stems have two or more colours; e.g., some hollies have green and cream or gold leaves, and these are described as variegated. Variegation is often caused by lack of chlorophyll in certain parts of the leaf or by a virus and so a variegated plant can often be weaker in growth than the plant from which it originated [..]

A leaf which is marked by regular or irregular stripes in a colour different from that of the leaf or by patches of another colour, such as white, cream or yellow. Such plants are usually grown for th [..]

[Leaf blade colour] -- Having a patchy variation in colour or shade.

(adj) having a variety of colors

Foliage which have colours, usually yellow or white, in addition to green.

A pattern on plants resembling blotched, edged, or striped with yellow, white, or cream color.

Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color; very colorful.