mottle

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

mottles

V_ing/Gerund

mottling

V_ed/pp

mottled

1.
To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

mottles

1.
(countable)A distinguishing blotch of colour.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A mottled or spotted pattern.
The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Any of several species of genus Logania of butterflies, found from Burma to the Philippines and New Guinea.

Nguồn gốc từ

1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.