cabbage looper

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noun

the larva of a noctuid moth, Trichoplusia ni, common throughout the U.S. and Canada, that feeds on a wide variety of vegetable crops, especially cabbage and lettuce.

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Origin of cabbage looper

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby cabbage looper

cabbage aphid, cabbage bug, cabbage butterfly, cabbagehead, cabbage lettuce, cabbage looper, cabbage moth, cabbage palm, cabbage palmetto, cabbage root fly, cabbage rose

How to use cabbage looper in a sentence

There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.
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The cooking odors of cabbage and meatloaf and carrots drifted through doorways.
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The stewed cabbage is insanely tender, vegetable-sweet, and more luxurious than cabbage has a right to be.
The Heart and Soul (Food) of Orlando|Jane & Michael Stern|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is she back in the orphanage where it smells like ammonia and cooked cabbage?
When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But equally super are Brussels sprouts, broccoli and cabbage.
The Dangers of Superfoods|Lizzie Crocker|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What of the infinite goodness of God in teaching the grub of the ichneumon-fly to eat up the cabbage caterpillar alive?
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
Beans and bacon, cabbage and brown hard dumplings, formed the bill of fare, which the men washed down with plenty of table beer.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
They never do anything but eat cabbage and cause gardeners to use bad language.
The Whale and the Grasshopper|Seumas O'Brien
And they both think of the cabbage soup steaming in the pot that hangs from the hook right under the great chimney.
Child Life In Town And Country|Anatole France
When she reached the parlour where the cabbage soup was smoking on the table, Catherine shivered again.
Child Life In Town And Country|Anatole France

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