Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curly top

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: curly -top
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"[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.""

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

curtovirus

Questions

What does curly top mean?: 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.

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