Mosaic
- Adjective. Of or relating to Moses or to the Torah (the Five Books of Moses); ''especially'', relating to the laws given in the Torah.
- Noun. A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
- Noun. (genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
- Noun. (botany) A viral disease of plants.
- Noun. A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
- Adjective. (context, of an individual) Containing cells with of varying genetic constitution.
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