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tobacco mosaic virus

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tobacco mosaic virus
n.
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
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plant Pathology) 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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Noun1.tobacco mosaic virus - the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)
TMV
plant virus - a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA


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