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tobacco mosaic virus definition

tobacco mosaic virus

any of a group of RNA viruses affecting tobacco, tomatoes, and various other plants, causing a disease (tobacco mosaic) characterized by yellowish to dark-green mottling of the leaves

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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