Cabbage worm Meaning, Definition & Usage
Definitions
(Zoöl.) , the larva of several species of moths and butterfies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usully the larva of a white butterfly. SeeCabbage Butterfly , above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks or young plants during the night, are the larvæ of several species of moths, of the genusAgrotis . SeeCutworm .