HyperDic: cabbageworm

English > 1 sense of the word cabbageworm:
NOUNanimalcabbageworm, Pieris rapaetoxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
English > cabbageworm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtoxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly.
SynonymPieris rapae
Member ofPieris, genus Pieristype genus of the Pieridae
BroadercaterpillarA wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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