….thanks Cee but isn’t the letter V hard enough without having to make it at least 6 letters long?

verticillated: forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)

Verticillated bark around the old tree.

variegated

1.Definition: having a variety of colors

Voiceless and Villainous Victorian Characters from Guillermos del Toro’ exhibition at the AGO.