ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bedeguar

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Bedeguar is a noun meaning (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.

Meaning

(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.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gallberry, bigarade, sweetbrier, sweetbriar, gallbush, purpurogallin.

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