cotton stainer
noun
any of several large red-and-black bugs of the genus Dysdercus that puncture oranges and cotton bolls and discolor cotton fibers: a serious pest in America and India.
Origin of cotton stainer
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Words nearby cotton stainer
cotton mill,
cotton on,
cotton picker,
cotton press,
cotton sedge,
cotton stainer,
cotton state,
cotton thistle,
cotton tie,
cotton to,
cotton top
British Dictionary definitions for cotton stainer
cotton stainer
noun
any of various heteropterous insects of the genus Dysdercus: serious pests of cotton, piercing and staining the cotton bolls: family Pyrrhocoridae