Mottle
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmɒt.əl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Mottle is a verb meaning To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
Meaning
To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
More Meanings
- (countable) A distinguishing blotch of colour.
- (countable, uncountable) A mottled or spotted pattern.
- Any of several species of genus Logania of butterflies, found from Burma to the Philippines and New Guinea.
Example Sentences
The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.
Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.
SLRSV, being mostly latent in strawberries and other fruit crops, is of very minor importance. It can cause some mottle and decline in certain strawberry cultivars.
Word Forms
- mottles
- mottling
- mottled
Synonyms for mottle
Depending on context, synonyms include blotch, dapple, streak, cloud.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dapple, blotch, streak, cloud, chlorotic, splotch.
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