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Virgouleuse

Virgouleuse noun: a variety of winter pear.

Noun

Virgouleuse (plural Virgouleuses)

  1. A variety of winter pear.
    • Charles had stuffed his pockets with virguleus pears from the table and they ate these as they tramped through the streets which were running with the overflow of rain water from the open gutters.1991, Lawrence Norfolk, Lemprière's Dictionary, Grove Press, published 1999, page 231

Forms of Virgouleuse

pluralVirgouleuses
alternative formvirguleus

Origin of Virgouleuse

From French virgouleuse, from Virgoulée, variant form of Villegoureix, a village in the Limousin province of France. Compare vergaloo.

Questions about Virgouleuse

What does Virgouleuse mean?
Virgouleuse means a variety of winter pear.
What part of speech is Virgouleuse?
Virgouleuse is a noun.
What is the plural of Virgouleuse?
The plural of Virgouleuse is Virgouleuses.

Words near Virgouleuse in the dictionary

  1. Virgo Supercluster
  2. Virgoan
  3. Virgoans
  4. Virgoneza
  5. Virgos
  6. Virgouleuse
  7. Virgouleuses
  8. virgula
  9. virgula plana
  10. virgula suspensiva
  11. virgulae

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