cabbageworm
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cab·bage·worm
(kăb′ĭj-wûrm′)n.
A larva that feeds on and is destructive to cabbage and other cruciferous plants, especially the green larva of the cabbage white butterfly.
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cabbageworm
(ˈkæbɪdʒˌwɜːm)n
(Animals) US any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white
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cab•bage•worm
(ˈkæb ɪdʒˌwɜrm)n.
a caterpillar, esp. of the genus Pieris, that feeds on cabbages.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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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