Rose beetle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
    Cetonia aurata; rose chafer.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) (a) A small yellowish or buff longlegged beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus), which eats the leaves of various plants, and is often very injurious to rosebushes, apple trees, grapevines, etc. Called also rose bug, and rose chafer. (b) The European chafer.

Webster 1913