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bedegar
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bedegar, n. [F., fr. Per. bād-āward, or bād-āwardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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