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quadricolored

quadricolored adjective: having four colors.

Adjective

quadricolored (not comparable)

  1. Having four colors.
    • Its border is of tri-colored and quadricolored geranium leaves, intermingled with leaves of the highly tinted coleus and the hoary centaurea.1873, Michigan State Pomological Society, Annual Report of the Michigan State Pomological Society, volume 2, page 131
    • It was called the quadricolored corn. Among the plants raised in the first season there were two stalks, and two only, that justified the name, their leaves being striped with yellow, white, crimson, and green.1921, Luther Burbank, Gardening, page 321

Examples of quadricolored in a sentence

  • There are even tricolor or quadricolored leaved kinds and one that was popular a hundred years ago and named Mrs.1946, Gardeners' Chronicle of America, page 190:
  • The job order shown in Figure 1 is printed in quadricolored pads and distributed to all persons authorized to issue these orders.1948, Petroleum Refiner, volume 27, page 417:
  • The distinguishing signal of Swedish ice breakers is a quadricolored pennant displayed at the yardarm by day and a violet light shown at the yardarm at night.1952, United States Hydrographic Office, H.O. Pub, number 44, page 28:
  • The males are typically brightly tricolored, black, orange, and white; the females typically quadricolored, black and brown with some orange and white markings.1960, United States National Museum, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, volume 111, page 253:

Synonyms of quadricolored

Forms of quadricolored

alternative formquadricoloured

Origin of quadricolored

From quadri- + colored.

Questions about quadricolored

What does quadricolored mean?
Quadricolored means having four colors.
How do you use quadricolored in a sentence?
There are even tricolor or quadricolored leaved kinds and one that was popular a hundred years ago and named Mrs.
What part of speech is quadricolored?
Quadricolored is an adjective.

Words near quadricolored in the dictionary

  1. quadriciliated
  2. quadricinia
  3. quadricinium
  4. quadricipital
  5. quadricolor
  6. quadricolored
  7. quadricolour
  8. quadricoloured
  9. quadricone
  10. quadricones
  11. quadriconsonantal

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