tessellated

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tessellated
    adj 1: having a checkered or mottled appearance
    2: decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted
       together in a mosaic; "a tessellated pavement"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

patterned \patterned\ adj.
   Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
   [Narrower terms: {banded}, {blotched, blotchy, splotched},
   {brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby}, {burled}, {checked,
   checkered}, {dappled, mottled}, {dotted, flecked, specked,
   speckled, stippled}, {figured}, {floral, flowered}, {laced},
   {marbled, marbleized}, {moire, watered}, {pinstriped,
   pinstripe(prenominal)}, {slashed, streaked}, {spotted},
   {sprigged}, {streaked, streaky}, {striped, stripy},
   {tessellated}, {veined, venose}] {plain, solid}
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tessellate \Tes"sel*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tessellated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Tessellating}.] [L. tessellatus tessellated.
   See {Tessellar}.]
   To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.
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         The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the
         fashion of France.                       --Macaulay.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tessellated \Tes"sel*la`ted\, a.
   1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a
      tessellated pavement.
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   2. (Bot. & Zool.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a
      tessellated leaf.
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