Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rose_beetle

1 sense of rose beetle

Sense 1
rose chafer, rose beetle, Cetonia aurata -- (a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses)
       => scarabaeid beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaean -- (any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes)