tomato streak

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   disease of a wide range of plants (tomatoes, potatoes, peas) resulting from a mixed infection of potato and tomato mosaic

   Broaderyellow spot

Questions about tomato streak

What does tomato streak mean?

tomato streak means "disease of a wide range of plants (tomatoes, potatoes, peas) resulting from a mixed infection of potato and tomato mosaic".

Is tomato streak a common word?

tomato streak is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.