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BEDEGUAR
Etymology
Noun
bedeguar (plural bedeguars)
(archaic) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae), and once supposed to have medicinal properties.
Anagrams
• BerguedĂ
Source: Wiktionary
Bed"e*guar, Bed"e*gar, n. Etym: [F., fr. Per. bad-award, or bad- awardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle.]
Definition: A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosæ). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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