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bedeguar

American

[bed-i-gahr] / ˈbɛd ɪˌgɑr /

Or bedegar

noun

a gall on roses, especially the sweetbrier, produced by a gall wasp.

Etymology

Origin of bedeguar

1570–80; < Middle French < Arabic < Persian bād-āwar ( d ) windfall, literally, wind-brought

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