| slovo | definícia |
tobacco mosaic
(encz) | tobacco mosaic, n: |
tobacco mosaic
(wn) | tobacco mosaic
n 1: a plant disease causing discoloration of the leaves of
tobacco plants |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
tobacco mosaic virus
(encz) | tobacco mosaic virus, n: |
tobacco mosaic virus
(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] |
tobacco mosaic virus
(wn) | tobacco mosaic virus
n 1: the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic;
it was the first virus discovered (1892) [syn: {tobacco
mosaic virus}, TMV] |
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