(n) a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias, Syn. Bemisia tabaci, poinsettia strain
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bemired p. pr. & vb. n. Bemiring. ] To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bemired and benighted in the dog. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]