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Meaning of Mottle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmɒt.əl

Definitions

  1. A distinguishing blotch of colour.
  2. A mottled or spotted pattern.
  3. Any of several species of genus Logania of butterflies, found from Burma to the Philippines and New Guinea.

Equivalents

العربية بقّع
Français barbouiller tacheter
Bahasa Indonesia belang belang

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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