What is a variegated leaf?

Question

What is a variegated leaf?

Answer 1

A leaf that is more than one color.  For example, a green leaf with white or yellow patches.

Answer 2

A variegated leaf is a leaf which contains green and non green parts. As the green parts contain chlorophyll they can photosynthesise, but the non green parts do not contain chlorophyll so they can not photosynthesise Usually is is green and white stripped or greena and white spotted

Answer 3

It means it has different color zones, like green with a white edge, or striped.

Answer 4

Total absence of plastid pigments causes a sector of a leaf or stem to have white patches. This condition is termed variegation (Metrosideros)

A green leaf which is blotched, edged, or spotted with multiple colors. The colors are, however, commonly yellow, white, or cream color. These zones of tissue lacking green chlorophyll are usually in an irregular pattern.

here are example of plants with variegated leaf.

a bromeliad and Begonia, an aroid, Sanchezia, striped inch plant, and milk thistle.