English Dictionary

curly top

名詞

不可算名詞

(agriculture) 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.

日本語の意味

ビート、ウリ科などの植物に発生する病気。通常、ビート巻き葉ウイルス（Beet curly top virus）により引き起こされ、植物の成長が阻害されたり、変形、葉がカール（巻き）したりくぼんだりする症状が現れる。

Last summer, several of our sugar beets developed curly top, leaving the leaves puckered and the roots stunted.

昨夏、私たちの砂糖用ビートのいくつかがカーリートップ病にかかり、葉が縮れて根が発育不良になりました。

意味（1）

(agriculture) 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.