cucumber mosaic
cucumber mosaic
nounDefinition of CUCUMBER MOSAIC
: a plant disease especially of cucumbers that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus (species Cucumber mosaic virus of the genus Cucumovirus, family Bromoviridae) and is transmitted chiefly by an aphid and produces mottled foliage and often pale warty fruits
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1916
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