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PIERIS BRASSICAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Old World form of cabbage butterfly
Synonyms:
large white; Pieris brassicae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pieris brassicae" is a kind of...):
cabbage butterfly (white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage)
Holonyms ("Pieris brassicae" is a member of...):
genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)