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cabbage white
(redirected from large whites)

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cabbage white

 or cabbage butterfly

European cabbage butterfly (Pieris rapae). Its larva is a major economic pest, attacking cabbage and related plants. Introduced into North America c. 1860, the cabbage white is today one of the most common North American white butterfly species.


cabbage white
any large white butterfly of the genus Pieris, esp the Eurasian species P. brassicae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related vegetables: family Pieridae


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As black tiger shrimp production continues to decline in favor of white shrimp, it is expected that more large whites will continue coming out to fill the black tiger void.
It was a negro baby: the color that was of Ethiopea, the unmistakable nose, the hair that curled so tightly, the lips that were African, the large whites of the eyes.
He was selling his large whites for 35 cents out the back of his Helms Bakery truck when the local chain markets dropped their prices to 29 cents a loaf in the early 1960s.
 
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