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vergaloo

vergaloo is the dated form of virgalieu.

Meaning of virgalieu

Noun

virgalieu (plural virgalieus)

  1. A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; also called White Doyenne.
    • If "Virgalieu" is the term by which the White Doyenne pear is most generally known, (and this can not be denied) then to adopt the latter will produce just the confusion against which Mr. Eaton protests; and this is really the fact; for not half those who grow this pear will know what you mean, if...1861, Peter B. Mead, The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, volume XVI, page 280
    Synonyms:
    vergaloo

Forms of vergaloo

pluralvergaloos

Questions about vergaloo

What is vergaloo the dated form of?
Vergaloo is the dated form of virgalieu.

Words near vergaloo in the dictionary

  1. verfremdungseffekt
  2. verfremdungseffekte
  3. verfs
  4. Verg.
  5. Verga
  6. vergaloo
  7. vergaloos
  8. vergaloue
  9. vergaloues
  10. Vergara
  11. Vergaras

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vergaloo (page history and authors); virgalieu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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