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cabbage curculio

noun

Definition of cabbage curculio

: a small weevil (Ceutorhynchus rapae) that feeds within the stems and on the leaves of cabbage and other cruciferous plants

First Known Use of cabbage curculio

1888, in the meaning defined above

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