释义 |
† bloached, ppl. a. Obs. [? a corruption or modification of blotched.] Blotched with yellow or white, variegated; hence bloached-leaved adj.
1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Phyllyrea, The plain Phyllyrea, and the bloach'd leav'd one, are very quick Growers. 1769T. H. Croker Dict. Arts & Sc. III. s.v. Variegation, Those leaves whose middles are variegated with yellow or white, in spots, are called bloached. |