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cabbage worms

cabbage worms is the plural of cabbage worm.

Meaning of cabbage worm

Noun

cabbage worm (plural cabbage worms)

  1. A small white (Pieris rapae), found in most temperate regions.
  2. A large white (Pieris brassicae), of Eurasia and north Africa.
  3. A southern cabbage butterfly (Pieris protodice), of North America.
  4. A green-veined white (Pieris napi) of Europe and North America.
  5. A cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni, family Noctuidae), of much of the northern hemisphere.
  6. A cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis, family Crambidae) native to southern Europe or Asia that also injures cabbages and other vegetables in the Gulf states of the United States.

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Questions about cabbage worms

What is cabbage worms the plural of?
Cabbage worms is the plural of cabbage worm.

Words near cabbage worms in the dictionary

  1. Cabbage Tree Island
  2. cabbage trees
  3. cabbage white
  4. cabbage whites
  5. cabbage worm
  6. cabbage worms
  7. cabbage-bark
  8. cabbage-head
  9. cabbage-heads
  10. cabbage-palm
  11. cabbage-palms

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