cabbageworm
IPA: kˈæbʌdʒwɝm
noun
- Alternative form of cabbage worm [Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.]
Examples of "cabbageworm" in Sentences
- They are laying eggs of imported cabbageworm caterpillars.
- The major pest in the vegetable garden now is the cabbageworm.
- From the cabbage is engendered the cabbageworm, and from the leek the prasocuris or leekbane; this creature is also winged.
- This egg hatches into the velvety jade-green cabbageworm, a caterpillar that grows to over an inch long and lays flat on leaves, never looping.