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cabbageworm

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cab·bage·worm  (kbj-wûrm)
n.
A larva that feeds on and is destructive to cabbage, especially the bright-green larva of the cabbage butterfly.
cabbageworm [ˈkæbɪdʒˌwɜːm]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
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Noun1.cabbagewormcabbageworm - toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
Pieris rapae
genus Pieris, Pieris - type genus of the Pieridae
caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth


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Prevent this pest, better-known as the imported cabbageworm, from taking up residence in your fall garden.
PREPARING FOR PLANTING IN FALL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Two pests are especially troublesome: imported cabbageworm (whose adult stage is that familiar white butterfly with a single black beauty mark on each wing) and aphids.
GARDENING : MORE THAN ONE REASON TO PLANT PUNGENT HORSERADISH by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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