cabbage white butterfly

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• cabbage white butterfly — noun → cabbage butterfly. Also, cabbage white …  

• cabbage white — or cabbage butterfly European cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae). Its larva is a major economic pest, attacking cabbage and related plants. Introduced into North America с 1860, the cabbage white is today one of the most common North American white …   Universalium

• white butterfly — Any of several lepidopteran species of the family Pieridae that are found worldwide. Adults have a wingspan of 1.5–2.5 in. (38–63 mm); the wings are white, with black marginal markings. The pattern and colour of many species vary with sex and… …   Universalium

• cabbage white — noun a white butterfly whose caterpillars are pests of cabbages and related plants (see white) …   English new terms dictionary

• cabbage white — noun see cabbage butterfly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cabbage white — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : cabbage butterfly …   Useful english dictionary

• cabbage butterfly — /kæbɪdʒ ˈbʌtəflaɪ/ (say kabij butuhfluy) noun a large European white butterfly, Pieris rapae, introduced into Australia, the larvae of which feed on cabbage and related plants. Also, cabbage white butterfly …  

• cabbage butterfly — cab bage butterfly (Zo[ o]l.), a white butterfly ({Pieris rap[ae]} of both Europe and America, and the allied {Pieris oleracea}, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cabbage-butterfly — cabbage buttˈerfly or cabbage whiteˈ noun A large white butterfly (genus Pieris) whose larvae feed on the leaves of cabbage and similar plants • • • Main Entry: ↑cabbage …   Useful english dictionary

• cabbage worm — cab bage worm , cabbageworm cab bage*worm . (Zo[ o]l.), 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 rap[ae]}). The …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cabbage butterfly — n. a common white butterfly (Pieris rapae) whose green larvae feed upon cabbage and related plants …   English World dictionary