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    CABBAGE BUTTERFLY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    White butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbageplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("cabbage butterfly" is a kind of...):

    pierid; pierid butterfly (any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cabbage butterfly"):

    Pieris rapae; small white (small widely distributed form)

    large white; Pieris brassicae (Old World form of cabbage butterfly)

    Pieris protodice; southern cabbage butterfly (common North American form of cabbage butterfly)

    Holonyms ("cabbage butterfly" is a member of...):

    family Pieridae; Pieridae (arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies)

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