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Definitions for tobacco mosaic virus

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

tobac′co mosa`ic vi`rus(n.)

  1. a retrovirus causing mosaic disease in members of the nightshade family.

    Category: Microbiology

Princeton's WordNet

  1. tobacco mosaic virus, TMV(noun)

    the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Tobacco Mosaic Virus

    The type species of TOBAMOVIRUS which causes mosaic disease of tobacco. Transmission occurs by mechanical inoculation.

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