| tobacco mosaic virus | |
| —n | |
| TMV the virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco and related plants: its discovery in 1892 provided the first evidence of the existence of viruses | |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
tobacco mosaic virus n.
A retrovirus that causes a disease in tobacco and some other plants and is widely used in the study of viruses and viral diseases.