maculation

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English

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Maculation on the leaves of a calla lily.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: /măk′yə-lā′shən/

Noun

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maculation (plural maculations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish.
  2. (zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots.
    • 1975, William H. Howe, editor, The Butterflies of North America[2], Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 217:
      Females [of the species Speyeria nokomis] are cream above with heavy black maculation accompanied by much dark suffusion.
    • 1990, Mason E. Hale, A Synopsis of the Lichen Genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae), Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 195,[3]
      [This lichen] species [] is recognized by [] more or less distinct maculation on the upper surface, and pale brown lower surface.

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