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
• Berguedà
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