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cabbageworm

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cab⋅bage⋅worm

[kab-ij-wurm]
–noun
a caterpillar, esp. of the genus Pieris, that feeds on cabbages.

Origin:
1680–90; cabbage 1 + worm
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cab·bage·worm   (kāb'ĭj-wûrm')   
n.  A larva that feeds on and is destructive to cabbage, especially the bright-green larva of the cabbage butterfly.
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