mosaic disease
Britishnoun
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In the ornamental rose, the rose mosaic disease causes wavy yellow lines and colored splotches on the leaves of the plant.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The discovery came in the late 1800s, as scientists puzzled over a strange disease called tobacco mosaic disease.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2021
In 1886, Adolph Meyer demonstrated that a disease of tobacco plants, tobacco mosaic disease, could be transferred from a diseased plant to a healthy one through liquid plant extracts.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
But this was not mosaic disease, which only stunts the plants.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2010
Mosaic disease.—The tomato is occasionally subject to a trouble allied to the mosaic disease of tobacco.
From Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato by Tracy, W. W. (William Warner)
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