The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spotted tree
Spotted \Spot"ted\, a.
Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. ``The
spotted panther.''
--Spenser.
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.