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plant virus vs tobacco mosaic virus

tobacco mosaic virus vs plant virus

plant virus and tobacco mosaic virus both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plant virus Yes No No No
tobacco mosaic virus Yes No No No
As nouns, tobacco mosaic virus is a hyponym of plant virus; that is, tobacco mosaic virus is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plant virus:
  • plant virus: a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA
  • tobacco mosaic virus: the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)
Other hyponyms of plant virus include TMV, viroid, virusoid, onion yellow-dwarf virus, potato yellow-dwarf virus.
plant virus (noun) tobacco mosaic virus (noun)
a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA the widely studied plant virus that causes tobacco mosaic; it was the first virus discovered (1892)
Difference between plant virus and tobacco mosaic virus

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