spotted tree

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spotted tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
     Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The
     spotted panther." --Spenser.
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     Spotted fever (Med.), a name applied to various eruptive
        fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal
        meningitis.
  
     Spotted tree (Bot.), an Australian tree (Flindersia  maculosa
        ); -- so called because its bark falls off in
        spots.
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