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Cabbage butterfly   /kˈæbədʒ bˈətərflˌaɪ/   Listen
Cabbage butterfly

noun
1.
White butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage.



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"Cabbage butterfly" Quotes from Famous Books



... descendants. It is necessary, then, to know what other insects are employed in holding them in check, by feeding on them. Some of our most formidable insects have been accidentally imported from Europe, such as the codling moth, asparagus beetle, cabbage butterfly, currant worm and borer, elm-tree beetle, hessian fly, etc.; but in nearly every instance these have come over without bringing their insect enemies with them, and in consequence they have spread more extensively here ...
— Scientific American Supplement No. 275 • Various



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