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noun(mo-sa-ic)a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns; also : the process of making it
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noun(mo-sa-ic)a picture or design made in mosaic
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noun(mo-sa-ic)something resembling a mosaic
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adjective(mo-sa-ic)of, relating to, produced by, or resembling a mosaic
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adjective(mo-sa-ic)exhibiting mosaicism
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adjective(mo-sa-ic)determinate
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verb(mo-sa-ic)to decorate with mosaics
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verb(mo-sa-ic)to form into a mosaic
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adjective(mo-sa-ic)of or relating to Moses or the institutions or writings attributed to him
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noun(mo-sa-ic)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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noun(mo-sa-ic)a single-stranded RNA virus (species Tobacco mosaic virus of the genus Tobamovirus) that occurs worldwide and causes mosaic disease in plants (such as tobacco and tomato) especially of the nightshade family