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Definition: BEDEGUAR

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Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Bedegar": A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Bedeguar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: BEDEGUAR

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Bedegar": A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BEDEGUAR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)