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VIRGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does virga mean?
• VIRGA (noun)
The noun VIRGA has 1 sense:
1. light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
Familiarity information: VIRGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("virga" is a kind of...):
downfall; precipitation (the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist))
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