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bedeguar

bedeguar noun: a gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

bedeguar: a gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the...
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Noun

bedeguar (plural bedeguars)

  1. (archaic) A gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

Forms of bedeguar

pluralbedeguars
alternative formbedegar

Origin of bedeguar

From French bédégar, from Persian بادورد or بادآورد, properly a kind of white thorn or thistle. From باد (bâd, “wind”) + ورد (vard, “rose”).

Questions about bedeguar

What does bedeguar mean?
Bedeguar means a gall produced on rosebushes, especially on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Diplolepis rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.
What part of speech is bedeguar?
Bedeguar is a noun.
What is the plural of bedeguar?
The plural of bedeguar is bedeguars.

Words near bedeguar in the dictionary

  1. bedecks
  2. bedeem
  3. bedeen
  4. bedegar
  5. bedegars
  6. bedeguar
  7. bedeguars
  8. bedehouse
  9. bedehouses
  10. Bedekovčina
  11. bedel

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