tobacco mosaic virus

Noun

Synonyms: TMV

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)Synonyms: TMV

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, n. [F. mosa["i]que; cf. Pr. mozaic, musec, Sp. & Pg. mosaico, It. mosaico, musaico, LGr. ?, ?, L. musivum; all fr. Gr. ? belonging to the Muses. See Muse the goddess.]

1.(Fine Arts) A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work. [1913 Webster]

2.A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic. [1913 Webster]

3.Something resembling a mosaic[1]; something made up of different pieces, fitted together by design to form a unified composition. [PJC]

aerial mosaic An aerial photograph of a large area, made by carefully fitting together aerial photographs of smaller areas so that the edges match in location, and the whole provides a continuous image of the larger area. Called also

mosaic map and photomosaic.

mosaic virus A type of plant virus that causes green and yellow mottling of leaves of a plant. A much-studied type is the tobacco mosaic virus, affecting the tobacco plant. [PJC]