brown patch

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noun Plant Pathology.

a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.

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How to use brown patch in a sentence

You can tell there are cicada nests in an oak tree by the brown patches of leaves in the canopy.
Oak-mite bites: Cicadas may have left D.C. region an itchy gift|Ellie Silverman|July 30, 2021|Washington Post
The spring runoff again came early to the Rockies, forcing me to dodge huge brown patches of grass as I cut turns through the soft snow.
Watching My Dad Die Changed My Life|Cascade Tuholske|May 20, 2021|Outside Online
No matter how high the snow might drift around it, this small brown patch of earth lay dark and bare.
Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No. 3, March 1899|Various
We stood at the gate of the sandy range, which here, like a vast brown patch, disfigures the beauty of the sierra.
Erema|R. D. Blackmore

"A brown patch in the big main-topsail, and the bowsprit steeved more'n ordinary," said Joe.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer|Ralph D. Paine
A small Warbler with a reddish brown patch in the back, yellowish wing-bars, and much white in the tail.
What Bird is That?|Frank M. Chapman
In the edge of the forest, not more than two miles from the camp, she detected a mere brown patch in the browning bush.
The Heart of Thunder Mountain|Edfrid A. Bingham