Etymology

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French bédégar ← Persian بادورد
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  1. Persian · derived fromبادورد
  2. French · borrowed frombédégar
  3. English todaybedeguar

From French bédégar, from Persian بادورد or بادآورد, properly a kind of white thorn or thistle. From باد (bâd, “wind”) + ورد (vard, “rose”).

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