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cucumber mosaic virus
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌkjuː.kʌm.bə məʊˈzeɪ.ɪk ˌvaɪ.rəs/ us /ˌkjuː.kʌm.bɚ moʊˈzeɪ.ɪk ˌvaɪ.rəs/(alsocucumber mosaic)
a plant disease caused by a virus that is spread by insects and that mainly affects plants of the cucumber family, causing leaves or fruit to be an unusual shape or have an unusual pattern on them:
Cucumbers, lettuce, and tomatoes are very susceptible to attacks from the cucumber mosaic virus.
Aphids transmit cucumber mosaic, which will infect the entire squash family of plants.
Tobacco mosaic and cucumber mosaic are only two out of thousands of viruses that can affect tulips.
They are trying to find out if the same principles as in cucumber mosaic virus apply to malaria.
The researchers are looking at the cucumber mosaic virus because it is not a persistent virus.
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