Virgouleusen.
/vɪəɡuːˈləːz/ A juicy variety of winter pear. Also attributive with pear. Cf. vergaloo n.
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1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 164 Pears..Bergamot de Busy, Vergoleuse.
1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 159 The Virguleus Pears were admirable.
1706 tr. F. Gentil Le Jardinier Solitaire 40 The Marquise, the Easter Bergamot, the Virgouleuse.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pears Pears which become ripe in November.—The Virgouleuse is an old Pear, well known for its Goodness.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Vergouleuse, a species of pear; contracted to vergaloo.
1845 A. J. Downing Fruits & Fruit Trees Amer. xxi. 450 Virgouleuse... An excellent old French variety [of winter pear]... It is, however, a very different pear from the Virgalieu of New-York, which is the White Doyenné.
1860 R. Hogg Fruit Man. 219 Vingouleuse [read Virgouleuse]... Fruit large and pyriform. Skin smooth and delicate, pale lemon colour... November till January.
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