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black spot

or black·spot

[ blak spot blak spot ]

noun

  1. Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by black spots on the fruit and foliage, twig lesions, defoliation, and rotting, caused by any of several fungi, as Diplocarpon rosae, or bacteria.
  2. British.
    1. a hazardous place in a road where accidents frequently occur.
    2. a dangerous area or place.


black spot

noun

  1. a place on a road where accidents frequently occur
  2. any dangerous or difficult place
  3. a disease of roses, Diplocarpon rosae , that causes circular black blotches on the leaves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of black spot1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

These lenses white out my eyes entirely except for a small black spot in the center, which I see through.

Suddenly, however, he became aware of a small black spot far ahead in the very middle of the unencumbered track.

Now and then Venus may be observed as a black spot crossing the disk of the sun.

Like a crippled rabbit he dragged himself over the snow, a single black spot against the whiteness.

A black spot in the red west shaped itself into a crow, making his way on easy wing toward a dead tree on the top of Boulder Bald.

Then, turning her eyes seaward again she saw a black spot; it was a moving head.

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