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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2021

As for Ms. Galperin, she would love to get the stubborn brown spot on her back treated again before her February wedding, and tackle another raised spot on her back.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2018

For bases, the overhanging clothesline served as first base, the brown spot in the lawn was second, and third base was somebody’s jacket!

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2015

When staying with the Kents, however, he wears a brown spot of shoe polish on his back and answers to the name of Skip.

From Slate • May 3, 2013

The only mark of its presence was a small brown spot where its breath had scorched the pillowcase.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville