(n) common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips; Guatemala to Canada, Syn. Corallorhiza maculata
(n) tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes, Syn. spotted hemlock, spotted water hemlock
a. Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. “The spotted panther.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]