cabbage aphid

noun

variants or less commonly cabbage aphis

: a widely distributed and destructive grayish green plant louse (Brevicoryne brassicae) that lives on cabbage leaves and other cruciferous plants

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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