Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The larva of a common tortricid moth, Cacœcia rosaceana, which folds the leaves of the rose and skeletonizes them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially
Cacæcia rosaceana , which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
larva of any of severalspecies oflepidopterous insects that feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of therose .
Etymologies
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rose + worm
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