cabbageworm

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cab·bage·worm (k

j-wûrm

)

A larva that feeds on and is destructive to cabbage, especially the bright-green larva of the cabbage butterfly.

cabbageworm [ˈkæbɪdʒˌwɜːm]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white

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cabbageworm - 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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