"maculation" meaning in All languages combined

See maculation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: maculations [plural]
enPR: măk′yə-lā′shən Head templates: {{en-noun}} maculation (plural maculations)
  1. (obsolete) The act of spotting; a spot; a blemish. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-maculation-en-noun-8GTDnWR2
  2. (zoology, botany, chiefly uncountable) A pattern of spots. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Botany, Zoology
    Sense id: en-maculation-en-noun-07zd5XZl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: solar maculation Related terms: immaculate

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1990, Mason E. Hale, A Synopsis of the Lichen Genus Xanthoparmelia (Vainio) Hale (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae), Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 195,\n[This lichen] species […] is recognized by […] more or less distinct maculation on the upper surface, and pale brown lower surface."
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