mosaic disease

British  

/ məˈzeɪɪk /

noun

1. a serious viral disease of plants, esp tobacco, maize, and sugar cane, in which the leaves become mottled by discoloration

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Example Sentences

In the ornamental rose, the rose mosaic disease causes wavy yellow lines and colored splotches on the leaves of the plant.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The discovery came in the late 1800s, as scientists puzzled over a strange disease called tobacco mosaic disease.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2021

In 1886, Adolph Meyer demonstrated that a disease of tobacco plants, tobacco mosaic disease, could be transferred from a diseased plant to a healthy one through liquid plant extracts.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

But this was not mosaic disease, which only stunts the plants.

From New York Times • May 31, 2010

Mosaic disease.—The tomato is occasionally subject to a trouble allied to the mosaic disease of tobacco.

From Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato by Tracy, W. W. (William Warner)