'Bedegar' definitions:

Definition of 'Bedegar'

From: GCIDE
  • Bedeguar \Bed"e*guar\, Bedegar \Bed"e*gar\, n. [F., fr. Per. b[=a]d-[=a]ward, or b[=a]d-[=a]wardag, 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 ros[ae]). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties. [1913 Webster]