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单词 cabbage butterfly
释义

cabbage butterfly

noun

: any of several largely white butterflies (family Pieridae) whose green larvae are cabbage worms
especially : a small cosmopolitan butterfly (Pieris rapae synonym Artogeia rapae) that is a pest on cabbage

called also cabbage white

Illustration of cabbage butterfly

Illustration of cabbage butterfly
  • 1 larva
  • 2 adult

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Spearmint and peppermint are useful in attracting bees and repelling black flea beetles, ants, mosquitoes, white cabbage butterflies, aphids, and cabbage maggots. OregonLive.com, 29 Mar. 2018 Pieris Project asks citizen scientists to record information about Pieris rapae, or the white cabbage butterfly. National Geographic, 22 Apr. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined above

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