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blotch
[bloch]
noun
a large, irregular spot or blot.
Synonyms: , , ,Plant Pathology.
a diseased, discolored spot or area on a plant.
a disease so characterized, usually accompanied by cankers and lesions.
a skin eruption; blemish.
verb (used with object)
to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur.
The floor of the forest was blotched with cool, dark moss.
adjective
Textiles.of or relating to blotch printing, or to the colored ground produced by this process.
blotch
/ ɒʃ /
noun
an irregular spot or discoloration, esp a dark and relatively large one such as an ink stain
verb
to become or cause to become marked by such discoloration
(intr) (of a pen or ink) to write or flow unevenly in blotches
blotch
Any of several plant diseases caused by fungi and resulting in brown or black dead areas on leaves or fruit.
Word History and Origins
Origin of blotch1
Example Sentences
My notebook pages are wet and blotched by water!
A new study provides the first worldwide map of such regions, which show up on every continent except Antarctica like giant, angry skin blotches.
Her left eye started twitching, and crimson blotches formed on her neck and cheeks.
In its state of abandoned tear-down, the venue offers melodious visual rhymes: electrical cords dangling from the ceiling ape Wool’s snarls of found-wire sculpture; crumbling plaster mirrors the attitudinal blotches of his oils and inks.
Creamy white blooms blotched with maroon centers flood the late spring garden with sweet perfume.
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