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mottle

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɒt.əl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted elmottStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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