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PIERIS BRASSICAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pieris brassicae mean? 

PIERIS BRASSICAE (noun)
  The noun PIERIS BRASSICAE has 1 sense:

1. Old World form of cabbage butterflyplay

  Familiarity information: PIERIS BRASSICAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIERIS BRASSICAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World form of cabbage butterfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

large white; Pieris brassicae

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)


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