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Pieris rapae
(gcide) | cabbage butterfly \cab"bage butterfly\ (Zool.),
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 Cabbage worm, below.
[1913 Webster] cabbage worm |
Pieris rapae
(gcide) | cabbage worm \cab"bage worm`\, cabbageworm \cab"bage*worm`\n.
(Zool.),
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 cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of
young plants during the night, are the larv[ae] of several
species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm.
larva of a cabbage butterfly.
[WordNet 1.5] |
pieris rapae
(wn) | Pieris rapae
n 1: toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly [syn:
cabbageworm, Pieris rapae]
2: small widely distributed form [syn: small white, {Pieris
rapae}] |
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Pieris rapae
(gcide) | cabbage butterfly \cab"bage butterfly\ (Zool.),
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 Cabbage worm, below.
[1913 Webster] cabbage wormcabbage worm \cab"bage worm`\, cabbageworm \cab"bage*worm`\n.
(Zool.),
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 cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of
young plants during the night, are the larv[ae] of several
species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm.
larva of a cabbage butterfly.
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