blue stain
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A blue stain fungus carried in by the pests delivers the coup de grace — a clogged circulatory system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
Pine is also less desirable because of the beetle damage and a blue stain caused by a fungus that occurs with the infestation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2016
Basophils contain large granules that pick up a dark blue stain and are so common they may make it difficult to see the two-lobed nucleus.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The mountain pine beetle, he found out, carries a fungus that produces a natural blue stain.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2013
Once saw thee in a hollow girt with trees, A-dream amid the harvest's tawny grain; Thy plushy cheek faint flushing in the breeze, In thy deep eyes a drowsy sky's blue stain.
From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.
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