MOTTLE

mottle

(noun) an irregular arrangement of patches of color; “it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green”

mottle, dapple, cloud

(verb) colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

mottle, streak, blotch

(verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

mottle (third-person singular simple present mottles, present participle mottling, simple past and past participle mottled)

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

Noun

mottle (plural mottles)

A distinguishing blotch of color.

A mottled coloration or pattern.

The most common symptom is a mild mottle on the youngest leaves of infected plants.

Source: Wiktionary

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Mot"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mottled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mottling.] Etym: [From Mottled.]

Definition: To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

Mot"tle, n.

Definition: A mottled appearance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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