释义 |
cabbage butterfly noun : any of several largely white butterflies (family Pieridae) the green larvae of which are cabbageworms: as a. : a small cosmopolitan form (Pieris rapae) — called also small white b. : a larger Old World form (P. brassicae) — called also large white c. : a common No. American form (P. protodice) — called also southern cabbage butterfly [cabbage butterfly: 1 larva, 2 adult] |