ROSE BEETLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rose beetle mean? 

• ROSE BEETLE (noun)
  The noun ROSE BEETLE has 1 sense:

1. a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses

  Familiarity information: ROSE BEETLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSE BEETLE (noun)

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Meaning:

A common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cetonia aurata; rose beetle; rose chafer

Hypernyms ("rose beetle" is a kind of...):

scarabaean; scarabaeid; scarabaeid beetle (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)

Holonyms ("rose beetle" is a member of...):

Cetonia; genus Cetonia (a genus of Cetoniidae)