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Noun: rose chafer  rowz chey-fu(r)
  1. A common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses
    - rose beetle, Cetonia aurata
     
  2. 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
    - rose bug, Macrodactylus subspinosus

Derived forms: rose chafers

Type of: melolonthid beetle, scarabaean, scarabaeid, scarabaeid beetle

Part of: Cetonia, genus Cetonia, genus Macrodactylus, Macrodactylus

Encyclopedia: Rose chafer

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