virga noun. ['vǝ:gǝ] Pl. virgae ['vǝ:gi:]. E20.
[Latin = rod.]
1. Music. (A symbol designating) a note used in plainsong. E20.

2. Meteorology, sing. & in pl. Streaks of precipitation that appear to hang from the undersurface of a cloud and usu. evaporate before reaching the ground. M20.

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