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blotch

  [bloch]
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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.
Origin:
1595–1605; perh. b. blot 1 + botch 2

Synonyms:
1. splotch, mark, blemish, stain.
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blotch   (blŏch)   
n.  

  1. A spot or blot; a splotch.

  2. A discoloration on the skin; a blemish.

  3. Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit.

tr. & intr.v.   blotched, blotch·ing, blotch·es
To mark or become marked with blotches.

[Probably blend of blot1 and botch.]
blotch'i·ly adv., blotch'i·ness n., blotch'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: blotch
Pronunciation: 'bläch
Function: noun
: a blemished patch on the skin blotches> —blotch transitive verb —blotchy /-E/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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