cotton scale

English

Noun

cotton scale (plural cotton scales)

A species of scale insect (Pulvinaria innumerabilis), which does great damage to cotton plants.

References

“cotton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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