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Wikipedia has articles on: Mosaic

Singular mosaic

Plural mosaics

mosaic (plural mosaics)

  1. A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
  2. (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
  3. (botany) A viral disease of plants.
  4. A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.

Adjective

mosaic (not comparable)

Positive mosaic

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

  1. (of an individual) Containing cells with of varying genetic constitution.

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