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roseslug

roseslug is the alternative form 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

Forms of roseslug

pluralroseslugs

Questions about roseslug

What is roseslug the alternative form of?
Roseslug is the alternative form of rose slug.

Words near roseslug in the dictionary

  1. roses and castles
  2. roses between two thorns
  3. Roses Gap
  4. roses of Jericho
  5. roses of Sharon
  6. roseslug
  7. roseslugs
  8. rosest
  9. roset
  10. roseta
  11. Rosete

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