| rose chafer n. 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. |
rose chafer, beetle
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a British scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, that has a greenish-golden body with a metallic lustre and feeds on plants
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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. rosesscarabaean, 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 vinesmelolonthid beetle - any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae genus Macrodactylus, Macrodactylus - a genus of Melolonthidae |
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