Rose chafer 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
    rose beetle; Cetonia aurata.
  2. noun common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines
    Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose bug.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) (a) A common European beetle (Cetonia aurata) which is often very injurious to rosebushes; called also rose beetle, and rose fly. (b) The rose beetle (a).

Webster 1913