cabbage butterfly
NounSynonyms:
cabbage butterfly
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbageSynonyms: cabbage butterfly
Webster's Dictionary (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