curly top
curly top noun: a disease of beets, gourds, and other plants, often caused by the virus Beet curly top virus, which results in stunted or misshapen growth and curled or puckered leaves.
Noun
curly top (uncountable)
- A disease of beets, gourds, and other plants, often caused by the virus Beet curly top virus, which results in stunted or misshapen growth and curled or puckered leaves.
- She soon joined the Spreckels Company near Salinas, Calif., where she worked on a sugar beet that would be resistant to the curly top virus.1997 June 18, Karen Freeman, “Katherine Esau Is Dead at 99: A World Authority on Botany”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 May 2014
- [T]he local pigweed hosted microscopic leafhoppers that jumped from the surrounding weeds to the beet fields. The insects spread a virus commonly referred to as "curly top."2014 April 28, Patty Cafferata, “History: Leafhoppers trounced sugar beet investors”, in Reno Gazette Journal, retrieved 19 May 2014
curly top meaning in Tamil
curly top in Tamil
- இலைச்சுருள் நோய்
Words formed from curly top
Questions about curly top
- What does curly top mean?
- Curly top means a disease of beets, gourds, and other plants, often caused by the virus Beet curly top virus, which results in stunted or misshapen growth and curled or puckered leaves.
- What is curly top in Tamil?
- Curly top in Tamil is இலைச்சுருள் நோய். See Curly top meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is curly top?
- Curly top is a noun.
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