Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, having spots formed by the abrasion of the surface: said of a plant.
- In entomology, marked with lituræ or indeterminate spots growing paler at one end.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.
- adjective (Bot.) Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.
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- adjective zoology Having
indistinct spots , paler at the margins. - adjective botany Spotted, as if from
abrasions of the surface.
Etymologies
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Latin lituratus, past participle of liturare to erase, from litura a blur.
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