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TMV
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Dictionary entry overview: What does TMV mean?
• TMV (noun)
The noun TMV has 1 sense:
1. the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)
Familiarity information: TMV used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
TMV; tobacco mosaic virus
Hypernyms ("TMV" is a kind of...):
plant virus (a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA)
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