virga.

Streaks of falling precipitation that evaporate or sublimate before reaching the ground.

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Words that belong together

• rain virga
• curtains of virga

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Virga trailed below the dark cloud without wetting the plain.

A curtain of virga dissolved above the valley.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural virgae in technical usage. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.