cabbage butterfly
noun
any white or chiefly white butterfly of the family Pieridae, as Pieris rapae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and other related plants.
Origin of cabbage butterfly
First recorded in 1810–20
Words nearby cabbage butterfly
cabaret,
cabaret tax,
cabbage,
cabbage aphid,
cabbage bug,
cabbage butterfly,
cabbage lettuce,
cabbage looper,
cabbage moth,
cabbage palm,
cabbage palmetto
Example sentences from the Web for cabbage butterfly
The larvæ of the cabbage-butterfly sometimes do a great deal of harm by eating the cabbage leaves.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study |Ontario Ministry of EducationYet how dreadfully is its foliage often ravaged in the autumn by numerous hordes of the cabbage-butterfly!
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. I (of 4) |William KirbyAs he approached, a cabbage-butterfly, fluttering about the place lit on the straw hat of one of the dignitaries.
The Butterfly Book |William Jacob Holland