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Cabbageworm   Listen
noun
cabbageworm, cabbage worm  n.  (Zoöl.), The larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is the toxic green larva of a white butterfly, the cabbage butterfly, (Pieris rapae). The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larvae of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. larva of a cabbage butterfly.






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"Cabbageworm" Quotes from Famous Books



... The Cabbage Worm. The cabbage worm of the early spring garden is a familiar object, but you may not know that the innocent-looking little white butterflies hovering about the cabbage patch are laying eggs which are soon to hatch and make the dreaded cabbage ...
— Agriculture for Beginners - Revised Edition • Charles William Burkett



Words linked to "Cabbageworm" :   Pieris, Pieris rapae, caterpillar



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