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Webster 1913 Edition


Virgalieu

Vir′ga-lieu

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Virgouleuse
.]
(Bot.)
A valuable kind of pear, of an obovate shape and with melting flesh of delicious flavor; – more properly called White Doyenné.
[Written also
virgaloo
,
vergalieu
,
vergaloo
, etc.]