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🩹 With a dry wound 🥔 With plant disease
scabbed

scabbed

1 7.8
Covered with rough spots from a plant disease, often on fruit or potatoes
  • adjective
  • /skæbd/
  • Specialized
: con costras
  • After a wet spring, many apples in the orchard became scabbed and unattractive.

Examples

  • The farmer noticed that several potatoes were scabbed and could not be sold at the market.

  • Look at those scabbed leaves on the rose bush!

  • The inspector rejected the shipment because the fruit was badly scabbed.

  • The scabbed fruit was not suitable for sale.

  • The farmer noticed that several potatoes were scabbed and could not be sold at the market.

  • After a wet spring, many apples in the orchard became scabbed and unattractive.

  • The inspector rejected the shipment because the fruit was badly scabbed.

Synonyms

pockmarked
vsscabbed
6 7.4

Covered with many small holes or scars

describes raised diseased lesions rather than sunken pits or holes
blotchy
vsscabbed
5 5.0

Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces

involves rough disease lesions rather than only color irregularities
pocked
vsscabbed
5 7.5

Having many small pits or scars, often on the skin

refers to raised plant lesions rather than small pits or scars
scabby
vsscabbed
4 5.7

Having hard, dry patches of skin from healing wounds or a skin problem

is caused by a plant disease rather than healing skin wounds
scabrous
vsscabbed
1 9.9

Rough to the touch with many small bumps or scales

is about diseased rough lesions rather than plain textured surface
bespeckled
vsscabbed
1 7.1

Having small spots on the surface

refers to larger rough disease lesions rather than fine small spots

How Affected

crusted
13 4.2
scabbed
  • Specialized
1 7.8
blotchy
5 5.0
spotted
42 1.0

Surface Forms

scabbed positive

Morphology

scabbed = scab (transparent) = scab + ed

The adjective is a regular past-participial/adjectival form of 'scab' meaning 'covered with scabs', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word scabbed comes from scab, an old word for a hard 'crust' or 'scale' that can appear on skin or fruit. So when a potato or apple is scabbed, it has rough, crusty spots from a plant disease.