brown spot

American  

noun

Plant 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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Example Sentences

“How the White Girl Got Her Spots and Other 90s Trivia,” which centers on race and identity in a musical chock-full of ’90s touchstones like Tamagotchi cyberpets and Abercrombie & Fitch, tells the story of a young white girl whose suburban life is interrupted when she finds an unexpected scar on her shoulder in the form of a brown spot.

From New York Times

The video showed the ball bouncing off the chalk, leaving a brown spot behind, and into the seats.

From Los Angeles Times

Usually, the spots will rinse away, but sometimes they'll remain, and even penetrate through the shell, leaving a brown spot on the egg white as well.

From Salon

The problem is brown spot disease and the rice worm, which thrive when there’s too much water and humidity in the rice wetlands.

From Washington Times

Just pick out something a few inches toward the hole on your putting line, like a brown spot, and keep the putterhead down until you reach it.

From Golf Digest