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Definition of Cotton stainer
1. Noun. A true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotton Stainer
Literary usage of Cotton stainer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"Cotton-stainer " * The cotton-stainer or red-bug is stated by Hunter to be the
most important cotton pest in Florida. It occurs in small numbers in Georgia, ..."
2. Insects Injurious to Fruits by William Saunders (1883)
"The Cotton-stainer. ... like that last described, belongs to the order of true
bugs (Hemiptera) • it is commonly known as the red- bug, or cotton-stainer, ..."
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