asparagus beetle

== English == === Noun === asparagus beetle (plural asparagus beetles) Any of a number of small beetles of the genus Crioceris, such as Crioceris asparagi, that are destructive to asparagus. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “asparagus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.