tobacco mosaic virus
noun
a retrovirus causing mosaic disease in members of the nightshade family. Abbreviation: TMV
Origin of tobacco mosaic virus
1First recorded in 1935–40
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How to use tobacco mosaic virus in a sentence
You, for instance, couldn't catch tobacco mosaic virus, and the tobacco plant can't catch the measles virus.
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British Dictionary definitions for tobacco mosaic virus
tobacco mosaic virus
noun
the virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco and related plants: its discovery in 1892 provided the first evidence of the existence of viruses: Abbreviation: TMV
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