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cab·bage·worm (k

j-wûrm

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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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cabbage butterfly Caterpillar family Pieridae genus Pieris insect large white Pierid pierid butterfly Pieridae pieris Pieris brassicae Pieris protodice Pieris rapae small white southern cabbage butterfly			Some moths feed on cabbage leaves as well, producing the same problems caused by cabbageworms. Garden How to Use Companion Plants for Better Pest Control by Len Q. / Home improvement and landscaping community The transition to early winter During the transition between fall and early winter, cabbageworms still eat the cabbages and kale, but the seasons of tomatoes, beans, eggplant, and squash are over along the Canadian border. Poor Will's Almanack for early winter 2005 by Countryside & Small Stock Journal			cabasset Cabassou cabassous Cabassous unicinctus cabbage Cabbage aphis cabbage bark Cabbage beetle cabbage bug cabbage butterfly Cabbage fly Cabbage head cabbage lettuce cabbage moth cabbage palm cabbage palmetto cabbage pounder cabbage root fly cabbage rose cabbage tree cabbage white cabbage worm cabbage-bark tree cabbagetown cabbageworm cabbageworms cabbala Cabbalah cabbalistic cabbie Cabbler Cabbling cabby cabdriver CABE Cabeca Cabell caber Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon grape Cabeza de Vaca cabezon CABG Cabiai Cabimas cabin cabin baggage cabin boy cabin car cabin class			cabbage poison cabbage pounder Cabbage roll cabbage root fly cabbage rose cabbage roses Cabbage soup diet cabbage tree cabbage tree Cabbage tree (New Zealand) cabbage trees cabbage trees Cabbage White Cabbage White Cabbage White cabbage whites cabbage whites Cabbage worm cabbage yellows cabbage-bark tree Cabbage-palm Cabbage-palm cabbage-tree palm Cabbages Cabbages Cabbages Cabbages Cabbagetown Cabbagetown Group Softball League cabbageworm cabbageworms cabbagy cabbagy cabbagy cabbagy Cabbala Cabbala Cabbala Cabbala Cabbalah Cabbalah Cabbalah Cabbalah cabbalism cabbalism cabbalism cabbalism cabbalist cabbalist cabbalist cabbalist Cabbalistic Cabbalistic Cabbalistic Cabbalistic cabbalists cabbalists cabbalists cabbalists cabbed cabbed

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