tobacco mosaic virus

/təˌbækoʊ moʊˌzeɪɪk ˌvaɪrəs/
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Definitions of tobacco mosaic virus
  1. noun
    the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)
    synonyms: TMV
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    type of:
    plant virus
    a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA
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