mottle - 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"
color, coloring, colouring, colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
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mottle - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
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Pepper mild mottle virus is widespread in raw sewage, treated wastewater and seawater exposed to wastewater, scientists report in the November Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
However, it negatively affected tensile strength, gloss uniformity, and print mottle. Extended soft-nip calendering produced opposite effects, including a rougher surface, non-uniform thickness, and less print mottle.
If the foliage shows yellow mottling and streaking, the plants are stunted and the flower buds fail to develop, it may be due to viruses such as tulip-breaking virus, lily mosaic and lily mottle. There is no control available, you just have to remove infected plants and spray against aphids.
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