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词汇 cabbage white
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Definition of cabbage white in English:

cabbage white

noun
  • A mainly white butterfly that has caterpillars which are pests of cabbages and related plants.

    菜粉蝶

    Genus Pieris, family Pieridae: several species, in particular the small white (P. rapae) and the large white (P. brassicae)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Keep cabbages, Brussels sprouts and cauliflowers covered with horticultural fleece or a fine netting to prevent cabbage white butterflies from laying eggs.
    • For example, many homeowners had gardens, which contained cabbage, broccoli, and other crops as host plants for cabbage white caterpillars.
    • Kales need little attention apart from controlling aphids and cabbage white butterfly and will grow well in most garden soils.
    • Swallowtails, cabbage whites, skippers, and orange sulphurs follow scent trails to the tiny patches of flowers blooming furiously in the middle of the city.
    • Eleven inches above his head a small white cabbage butterfly hung, caught in a beam of sunlight.
    • The cabbage white and its caterpillars are doing fine and aphids like greenfly are likely to benefit from warming.
    • If I have an infestation of slugs or snails or cabbage white butterflies then I will get rid of them in whatever way I choose.
    • Although the caterpillars of some butterflies, like the cabbage white, are considered vegetable garden pests, you should never use pesticides - even biological ones - in a butterfly garden or you'll destroy your intended guests.
    • The cabbage white butterfly was introduced from Europe.
    • Tell me, can the cabbage white butterfly really count?

Definition of cabbage white in US English:

cabbage white

nounˈkabij ˌ(h)wīt
  • A mainly white butterfly that has caterpillars which are pests of cabbages and related plants.

    菜粉蝶

    Genus Pieris, family Pieridae: several species, in particular the imported cabbageworm P. rapae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Swallowtails, cabbage whites, skippers, and orange sulphurs follow scent trails to the tiny patches of flowers blooming furiously in the middle of the city.
    • For example, many homeowners had gardens, which contained cabbage, broccoli, and other crops as host plants for cabbage white caterpillars.
    • Tell me, can the cabbage white butterfly really count?
    • Keep cabbages, Brussels sprouts and cauliflowers covered with horticultural fleece or a fine netting to prevent cabbage white butterflies from laying eggs.
    • If I have an infestation of slugs or snails or cabbage white butterflies then I will get rid of them in whatever way I choose.
    • Kales need little attention apart from controlling aphids and cabbage white butterfly and will grow well in most garden soils.
    • Although the caterpillars of some butterflies, like the cabbage white, are considered vegetable garden pests, you should never use pesticides - even biological ones - in a butterfly garden or you'll destroy your intended guests.
    • The cabbage white butterfly was introduced from Europe.
    • Eleven inches above his head a small white cabbage butterfly hung, caught in a beam of sunlight.
    • The cabbage white and its caterpillars are doing fine and aphids like greenfly are likely to benefit from warming.
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