rose chafer

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rose chafer

A long-legged gray North American beetle (Macrodactylus subspinosus) that causes damage to the roots, leaves, and blossoms of garden plants, especially roses. Also called rose beetle, rose bug.

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Noun	1.	rose chafer - a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses Cetonia aurata, rose beetle scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle - any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes Cetonia, genus Cetonia - a genus of Cetoniidae
	2.	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 Macrodactylus subspinosus, rose bug melolonthid beetle - any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae genus Macrodactylus, Macrodactylus - a genus of Melolonthidae

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