Poecilitic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Poecilitic \P[oe]`ci*lit"ic\, a. [Gr. poiki`los many-colored,
     variegated.] (Geol.)
     (a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said
         of certain rocks.
     (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing,
         Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors.


         [Also written {poikilitic}.]
         [1913 Webster]