[cabbage butterfly] n (1816): any of several largely white butterflies (family Pieridae) whose green larvae are cabbageworms; esp: a small cosmopolitan butterfly (Pieris rapae syn. Artogeia rapae) that is a pest on cabbage--called also cabbage white
CABBAGE BUTTERFLY
Meaning of CABBAGE BUTTERFLY in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012