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vergaloo U.S.
Also vergaleu, virgaloo, -ieu.
[var. of Virgouleuse, prob. taken as a pl.]
The white doyenné or Warwickshire bergamot.
1828–32Webster, Vergouleuse, a species of pear; contracted to vergaloo. 1840J. Buel Farmer's Comp. 269 It is as easy to cultivate the vergaleu as it is the choke pear. 1845A. J. Downing Fruits & Fruit-trees Amer. 378 Virgalieu, of New York... Virgaloo, Bergaloo, of some American gardens... It is an old French variety, but with us, is in the most perfect health. |
