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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • 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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