mottle

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But many sites use something called “pepper mild mottle virus,” a virus that infects pepper plants.

From New York Times • Jan. 10, 2024

On Jan. 2, nurses reported that the patient’s breathing was shallower, with her toes beginning to mottle as her heart stopped pumping blood that far down.

From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2023

Then there was the salt: sprinkled generously enough to mottle the fry’s golden skin and amplify the earthy flavors trapped inside.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2022

The online class from 12:30-2:15 p.m. will cover identification of blossom brown rot, bacterial canker, cherry mottle leaf, shothole, cherry bark tortrix and tent caterpillar.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2021

The rivalry between the breeders of the white and the mottle faces almost caused the failure of the Herd-Book commenced in 1845 by Mr. Eyton.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)