tobacco mosaic

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Definition of tobacco mosaic in English English dictionary: A disease of tobacco plants, characterized by mottled leaves, caused by this virus
As is the case with tobacco mosaic, the disease has been successfully transmitted by inoculating healthy plants with juice pressed out of diseased plants.; A particular RNA virus that infects plants, especially tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae, causing characteristic patterns of mottling and discoloration on the leaves
RNA replaces DNA as the genetic material in many viruses (for example, tobacco mosaic, influenza, polio, certain RNA phages).; Any of several diseases of tobacco and nightshade caused by the tobacco mosaic virus and characterized by mottled leaves; a plant disease causing discoloration of the leaves of tobacco plants
tobacco mosaic virus: A retrovirus causing mosaic disease in tobacco and some other plants that was a primary focus of study in early plant virology
tobacco mosaic virus: the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)