blotch
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noun
1.
a large, irregular spot or blot.
2.
Plant Pathology.
a.
a diseased, discolored spot or area on a plant.
b.
a disease so characterized, usually accompanied by cankers and lesions.
3.
a skin eruption; blemish.
verb (used with object)
4.
to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur: The floor of the forest was blotched with cool, dark moss.
adjective
5.
Textiles. of or pertaining to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration |
| 3. | (intr) (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
blotch
c.1600, perhaps a blend of blot and botch or patch.
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| blotch (blŏch) Pronunciation Key
Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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blotch
plant disease characterized by splotchy black stain or coating on leaves, stems, and fruit, composed of dark fungal threads (Capnodium, Fumago, and Scorias species) that grow in flowing sap or on honeydew excreted by aphids and other sucking insects. The condition is unsightly but usually not harmful. Control includes spraying or dusting for sucking insects, washing off sticky coatings of sap or honeydew on plant surfaces, and avoiding the wounding of plants.
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Example sentences
Its dorsal keel is less pronounced, and the crescent or blotch behind the eye is often narrower.
The head has a large yellowish crescent or blotch behind the eyes and a distinct yellow spot under the eye on the lower jaw.
Genetic studies of net blotch resistance in a barley cross.
The longer sepals are hairless and have a greenish-yellow blotch at their base.
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