ppl. a. Obs. [? a corruption or modification of BLOTCHED.] Blotched with yellow or white, variegated; hence bloached-leaved adj.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Phyllyrea, The plain Phyllyrea, and the bloach’d leav’d one, are very quick Growers.
1769. H. T. Croker, Dict. Arts & Sc., III. s.v. Variegation, Those leaves whose middles are variegated with yellow or white, in spots, are called bloached.
