cabbage white

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noun

any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris, esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae

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Words nearby cabbage white

cabbage root fly, cabbage rose, cabbagetown, cabbage tree, cabbage-tree hat, cabbage white, cabbageworm, cabbagy, cabbala, cabbie, cabble

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How to use cabbage white in a sentence

There is the housefly, the lesser cabbage white butterfly, and one or two other little things.
The Sea and the Jungle|H. M. Tomlinson
We have communicated to America the house-fly and the Hessian fly, the "cabbage-white," the small pox, and the cholera.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303|Various
Occasionally a tortoise-shell or cabbage-white butterfly would flutter by.
Kashmir|Sir Francis Edward Younghusband