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rose slugs

rose slugs is the plural of rose slug.

Meaning of rose slug

Noun

rose slug (plural rose slugs)

  1. The larvae of various species of sawfly that feed on rose plant leaves.
    • A stated meeting was held this day. T. Lee, Esq., proposed to the Society the importance of awarding a small premium for the purpose of inducing cultivators to discover some effectual method of destroying the rose slug, which infests the rose bush.1840, The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs, page 274

Questions about rose slugs

What is rose slugs the plural of?
Rose slugs is the plural of rose slug.

Words near rose slugs in the dictionary

  1. rose sawflies
  2. rose sawfly
  3. rose she-oak
  4. rose she-oaks
  5. rose slug
  6. rose slugs
  7. Rose Sunday
  8. rose syrup
  9. rose syrups
  10. rose through the ranks
  11. rose to the bait

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