CABBAGEWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cabbageworm mean? 

• CABBAGEWORM (noun)
  The noun CABBAGEWORM has 1 sense:

1. toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly

  Familiarity information: CABBAGEWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CABBAGEWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cabbageworm; Pieris rapae

Hypernyms ("cabbageworm" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Holonyms ("cabbageworm" is a member of...):

genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)