mottle

(noun, verb)

noun

1. 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

Definition categories: attribute, color, coloring, colour, colouring

Sentences with mottle as a noun:

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

verb

1. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

Similar word(s): blotch, streak

Definition categories: creation, color, colorise, colorize, colour, colourise, colourize

2. colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

Similar word(s): cloud, dapple

Definition categories: change, spot