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M_____
Definitions
colour with streaks or blotches of different shades
Word origin
1670-80. Probably back-formation from motley.
Used in a sentence
“Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.”
“The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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