"cabbage white" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "The name refers to the fact that many butterflies of this genus favor cabbages (among other plants) as host plants for their eggs.",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pieris canidia",
          "word": "Asian cabbage white"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pieris canidia",
          "word": "Indian cabbage white"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pieris brassicae",
          "word": "large cabbage white"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pieris rapae",
          "word": "small cabbage white"
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        "Any of various largely white butterflies with dark markings in the family Pieridae, especially the species Pieris brassicae, Pieris canidia, and Pieris rapae."
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          "Pieris brassicae",
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          "Pieris rapae",
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        "(entomology) Any of various largely white butterflies with dark markings in the family Pieridae, especially the species Pieris brassicae, Pieris canidia, and Pieris rapae."
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "blanqueta"
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          "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
          "word": "kaaliperhonen"
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          "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "kálfiðrildi"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
          "word": "pepe mā"
        },
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          "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
          "word": "bielinek kapustnik"
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          "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
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          "roman": "kapústnica",
          "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
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          "word": "капу́стница"
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  "word": "cabbage white"
}

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      "taxonomic": "Pieris canidia",
      "word": "Asian cabbage white"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pieris canidia",
      "word": "Indian cabbage white"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pieris brassicae",
      "word": "large cabbage white"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pieris rapae",
      "word": "small cabbage white"
    }
  ],
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        "Any of various largely white butterflies with dark markings in the family Pieridae, especially the species Pieris brassicae, Pieris canidia, and Pieris rapae."
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        "(entomology) Any of various largely white butterflies with dark markings in the family Pieridae, especially the species Pieris brassicae, Pieris canidia, and Pieris rapae."
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "butterfly of family Pieridae",
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      "word": "blanqueta"
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    {
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      "word": "koolwitje"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "pepe mā"
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