brown spot


nounPlant Pathology.
  1. a disease of many plants, characterized by irregular, brownish lesions on the fruit and foliage and by stem cankers, caused by any of several fungi, as Ceratophorum setosum or Cephalosporium apii.

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  • The wings are smoky, and transparent, with dark brown veins, and a brown spot near the middle of the edge of the first pair.

    Parsons on the Rose | Samuel Browne Parsons
  • Affected berries, if young, first show a brown spot, and become covered with the gray down which distinguishes the fungus.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick