tobacco mosaic

American  

noun

Plant Pathology.

1. a disease of the nightshade family of plants, particularly tobacco and tomato, caused by the tobacco mosaic virus and characterized by mottled leaves and yellowed, necrotic plants.

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Etymology

Origin of tobacco mosaic

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The discovery came in the late 1800s, as scientists puzzled over a strange disease called tobacco mosaic disease.

From New York Times

The two collaborated on the structure of tobacco mosaic virus.

From Nature

With Franklin, Dr. Klug worked on the structure of tobacco mosaic virus, a springboard to learning more about molecular structure.

From Washington Post

Scientists were only first able to visualize a virus, the tobacco mosaic virus, after the 1931 invention of the electron microscope.

From Scientific American

Also aiding our cause was my work on tobacco mosaic virus.

From Literature