| 单词 | cabbage worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmascabbage worm cabbage worm n. [compare German Kohlwurm (Middle High German (in late sources) cōlwurm)] now chiefly U.S. any larva that feeds on cabbages, esp. that of a cabbage white butterfly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Pieris > pieris brassicae (cabbage butterfly) > larva cabbage worm1668 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants > that devours cabbage cabbage worm1668 cabbage-tree worm1796 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 53 Brassicaria..the Cabbage-Worm. 1724 J. Saunders Compl. Fisherman 228 Worms bred on Herbs, Plants and Trees, such as the..Cabbage Worm. 1880 Boy's Own Bk. (new ed.) 265 Cabbage-worm..colewort-worm, or grub. 1939 Hong Kong Naturalist Aug. 199 The cabbage worm feeds on the leaf of a number of cultivated crucifers such as Choi Sum..(Brassica sp.). 1999 A. Arensberg Incubus i. iii. 36 I was much older and married before I recognized bud-wilt, black spot, cabbage worms, and leaf-miners. < as lemmas |
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