# pictura

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The picture or image component of something, such as an emblem or poem, that contains a combination of imagery and text or symbols.
2. The pattern of coloration.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin pictūra (“a painting”). Doublet of picture.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pictura