cabbageworm

cab·bage·worm

C0002900 (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.

cabbageworm

(ˈkæbɪdʒˌwɜːm) n (Animals) US any caterpillar that feeds on cabbages, esp that of the cabbage white

cab•bage•worm

(ˈkæb ɪdʒˌwɜrm)

n. a caterpillar, esp. of the genus Pieris, that feeds on cabbages. [1680–90]

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cabbageworm - toxic green larva of a cabbage butterflyPieris rapaegenus Pieris, Pieris - type genus of the Pieridaecaterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth