Definition of cabbage butterfly
: any of several largely white butterflies (family Pieridae) whose green larvae are cabbage worms
especially
: a small cosmopolitan butterfly (Pieris rapae synonym Artogeia rapae) that is a pest on cabbage
— called also cabbage white
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The first known use of cabbage butterfly was in 1781
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