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rose slug en · NOUN

Meanings

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:
   • Rose slugs are the larvae of sawflies, non-stinging members of the wasp family. Three species are rose pests: the rose slug (Endelomyia aethiops), the bristly rose slug (Cladius difformis), and the curled rose sawfly (Aallantus cinctus). 2015, Peter Kukielski, Roses Without Chemicals: 150 Disease-Free Varieties That Will Change the Way You Grow Roses:
   • The rose slug or sawfly is neither a slug nor a fly; actually, it is an insect related to bees and wasps. 2013, Loren Nancarrow, Dead Snails Leave No Trails: Natural Pest Control for Home and Garden:

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Hyponyms

bristly rose slug · European rose slug · curled rose slug