black spot
noun
1
: any of several bacterial or fungal diseases of plants characterized by black spots or blotches especially on the leaves
2
chiefly British
: a dangerous or troublesome place or area
… Wisteria Lane has always been a major accident black spot.—
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Brown to black spots with diffuse, feathery margins on the upper surface of leaves, with leaves often turning yellow and defoliating.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Eye floaters are tiny specks in your field of vision that may look like black spots or squiggly lines.
—Cassie Shortsleeve, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
The symptoms are very distinctive: the stems of the plants will turn black, there will be black spots on the leaves, and the most distinctive symptom is the plant will defoliate in sections.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2024
Other signs include black spots on flowers and stunted growth.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2024
Can a live-action Zelda film compete with Mario’s popularity–or, more importantly, erase the black spot placed on the company’s name by the original live-action Mario movie?
—WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
Below the black spots, an orange slime covered the rocks of the Anaktok, rubbing off on the hands of Alexander Lee, an Alaska Pacific University philosophy professor who was helping to sample fish and invertebrates.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
The plant is vigorous and demonstrates excellent resistance to black spot.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
The little birds have reddish-brown backs and tails, blue-gray heads (in the case of the males) and pale bellies with black spots.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
Eye floaters are tiny specks in your field of vision that may look like black spots or squiggly lines.
—Cassie Shortsleeve, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
The symptoms are very distinctive: the stems of the plants will turn black, there will be black spots on the leaves, and the most distinctive symptom is the plant will defoliate in sections.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2024
Other signs include black spots on flowers and stunted growth.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2024
Can a live-action Zelda film compete with Mario’s popularity–or, more importantly, erase the black spot placed on the company’s name by the original live-action Mario movie?
—WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
Below the black spots, an orange slime covered the rocks of the Anaktok, rubbing off on the hands of Alexander Lee, an Alaska Pacific University philosophy professor who was helping to sample fish and invertebrates.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
The plant is vigorous and demonstrates excellent resistance to black spot.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
The little birds have reddish-brown backs and tails, blue-gray heads (in the case of the males) and pale bellies with black spots.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
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“Black spot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20spot. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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