cabbage worm (English, noun)
expansion: cabbage worm (plural cabbage worms)
Senses:
glosses: Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
Any of several species of Pieris (family Pieridae) butterflies:
A small white (Pieris rapae), found in most temperate regions.
glosses: Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
Any of several species of Pieris (family Pieridae) butterflies:
A large white (Pieris brassicae), of Eurasia and north Africa.
glosses: Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
Any of several species of Pieris (family Pieridae) butterflies:
A southern cabbage butterfly (Pieris protodice), of North America.
glosses: Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
Any of several species of Pieris (family Pieridae) butterflies:
A green-veined white (Pieris napi) of Europe and North America.
glosses: Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
A cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni, family Noctuidae), of much of the northern hemisphere.
glosses: Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
A cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis, family Crambidae) native to southern Europe or Asia that also injures cabbages and other vegetables in the Gulf states of the United States.
glosses: Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
A diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella, syn. Plutella maculipennis, family Plutellidae).
Forms:
form: cabbage worms
tags: plural
form: cabbageworm
tags: alternative