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What is a cabbage worm?

What is a cabbage worm? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of various lepidopterans whose larvae feed on cabbages and other cole crops.
    1. Any of several species of Pieris (family Pieridae) butterflies:
    2. A cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni, family Noctuidae), of much of the northern hemisphere.
    3. A cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis, family Crambidae) native to southern Europe or Asia that also injures cabbages and other vegetables in the Gulf states of the United States.
    4. A diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella, syn. Pieris maculipennis, family Plutellidae).
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