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cabbage moth

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noun
diamondback moth.
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Origin of cabbage moth

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby cabbage moth

cabbage bug, cabbage butterfly, cabbagehead, cabbage lettuce, cabbage looper, cabbage moth, cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, cabbage root fly, cabbage rose, cabbagetown
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British Dictionary definitions for cabbage moth

cabbage moth
noun
a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
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