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Rose Bug

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Noun

1. macrodactylus subspinosus, rose bug, rose chafer

common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rose Bug

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noun
a British scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, that has a greenish-golden body with a metallic lustre and feeds on plants

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Rose Bug

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US
a small North American scarab beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus) that, as a larva, feeds on plant roots, and, as an adult, on leaves and flowers
: also called rose bug

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rose Bug

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n.
See rose chafer.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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