bedegar, bedeguar (bedegar)

[F. béde gar, bédeguar, ult. tle, lit. wind-brought, as bad, wind, + Ar. ward, rose.] A spon gy excrescence or gall, sometimes termed sweetbrier-sponge, or robin-redbreast's pincushion, found on va rio us species of roses, especially the sweet a, a, Bedegars.