brown patch

American  

noun

Plant Pathology.

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

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Example Sentences

When I gave the game a go, I was presented with my own little brown patch of land.

From BBC

The shot shows the puma, standing hearty and regal atop a brown patch of earth that seems to float above the lights of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

A hundred sick and dying ash trees and long tangles of invasive, thick vines covered the hilly, brown patch.

From Washington Post

Tall fescues prefer cooler summers, but breeders have worked to create new varieties that cope better with drought, various soil types and diseases associated with summer mugginess, especially brown patch disease.

From Washington Post

It hit the brown patch and bounced wildly away.

From Los Angeles Times