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

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