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rose chafer

DEFINITIONS OF: rose chafer

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n 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

Synonyms:
Macrodactylus subspinosus, rose bug
Type of:
melolonthid beetle
any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae

n a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses

Synonyms:
Cetonia aurata, rose beetle
Type of:
scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle
any of numerous species of stout-bodied beetles having heads with horny spikes
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