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Webster 1913 Edition

Roseworm

Rose′wormˊ

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Noun.

(Zool.)

The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially

Cacaecia rosaceana

, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.