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1 cabbage white
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2 cabbage
'kæbi‹(a type of vegetable with edible (usually green) leaves: He bought a cabbage.) repollocabbage n coltr['kæbɪʤ]1 col nombre femenino, repollo, berza\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLcabbage white (butterfly) mariposa de la colcabbage ['kæbɪʤ] n: col f, repollo mn.• berza s.f.• col s.f.• repollo s.m.'kæbɪdʒa) c u ( vegetable) repollo m, col f; (before n)I found her/him in the cabbage patch — (AmE euph & hum) la/lo trajo la cigüeña (euf & hum)
b) c ( person) (BrE colloq) vegetal m (fam)['kæbɪdʒ]1. N1) (Bot) col f, repollo m2) (fig) (=person) vegetal m2.CPDcabbage white (butterfly) N — mariposa f de la col
* * *['kæbɪdʒ]a) c u ( vegetable) repollo m, col f; (before n)I found her/him in the cabbage patch — (AmE euph & hum) la/lo trajo la cigüeña (euf & hum)
b) c ( person) (BrE colloq) vegetal m (fam)
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cabbage white butterfly — noun → cabbage butterfly. Also, cabbage white …
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cabbage white — noun see cabbage butterfly … New Collegiate Dictionary
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cabbage butterfly — n. a common white butterfly (Pieris rapae) whose green larvae feed upon cabbage and related plants … English World dictionary