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brown spot
noun
, Plant Pathology.
- a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.
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Jonah, Johnny's dog—a mongrel with a most rakish brown spot on his white face—jumped wistfully around the car.
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He was a small brown spot some distance off, when the engineer made up his mind to run after him.
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Sepals and petals pale yellow, profusely dotted with brown; lip white, with a single brown spot.
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The wings are smoky, and transparent, with dark brown veins, and a brown spot near the middle of the edge of the first pair.
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Affected berries, if young, first show a brown spot, and become covered with the gray down which distinguishes the fungus.
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