jugum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.
A lobe on the forewing of some moths which interlocks with the hindwing in flight.
One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

/ˈd͡ʒuː.ɡəm/

jugum juga jugums

Borrowing from Latin jugum (“a yoke, collar; a pair of anything; the summit, ridge”). Doublet of yoke and yuga.

jugal jugate jugulum jugum penis jugum petrosum jugum sphenoidale

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