yellow spot

Questions about yellow spot

What does yellow spot mean?

yellow spot means "any of several fungous or viral diseases characterized by yellow spotting on the leaves". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for yellow spot?

Close synonyms include macula, macula lutea, macular area. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yellow spot a common word?

yellow spot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.