As adjectives the difference between virgated and virgate
is that virgated is striped; streaked while virgate is shaped like a rod; straight, long and thin. Applied to in botany to the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
As a noun virgate is
an early English measure of land of about 30 acres.
virgate
Noun
(
en noun)
An early English measure of land of about 30 acres.
Synonyms
* yardland
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Shaped like a rod; straight, long and thin. Applied to in botany to the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
(mycology) finely striped, often with dark fibers.
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