ROSE BEETLE

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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

Synonyms:

Cetonia aurata; rose beetle; rose chafer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)