VIRGATE

Virgate

Virgate as a term applies to metrology as a unit of land, and in morphology as a description of the habit of certain plants.

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virgate

Noun

  1. An early English measure of land of about 30 acres.

Adjective

  1. Shaped like a rod; straight, long and thin. Applied to in botany to the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
  2. finely striped, often with dark fibers.


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