cottony
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These slow-moving pests are covered with a mealy wax and tend to cluster in large numbers to feed, appearing as cottony masses in leaf axils and other protected areas.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
This is for all you desert dwellers out there — an airy green shrub with bright yellow flowers that mature into cottony fluff balls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
On this overcast June afternoon, cottony clouds of varying thickness hang overhead, the sun and splashes of blue visible in the gaps between puffs.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
The vedalia beetle was brought in to the citrus orchards of California in the 1880s to take care of a serious pest, the cottony cushion scale.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2018
The sky glows cottony white and cornflower blue.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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