white-edged
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having a white border or margin: Describes something, typically a leaf, petal, or similar flat object, that has a distinct white edge or border.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The garden featured beautiful plants with white-edged leaves.
- She collected a specimen of the white-edged fern for her biology project.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in botanical, horticultural, and descriptive contexts to specify the coloration pattern of flora.
- The field guide helped identify the shrub by its distinctive white-edged foliage.
Variants and Related Words
- White-edged is a compound adjective. Related descriptive terms include:
- White-margined (adj): Having a white margin; often used interchangeably.
- Variegated (adj): Exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks, which can include white edges.
Synonyms
- White-bordered
- White-margined
Antonyms
- Uniformly colored
- Solid-colored (without a contrasting edge)
Adjective
- having a white border