jugate

adj, noun — 2 senses

jugate

adj

Etymology Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

1

Art, Arts, Biology, Botany, Natural sciences, Zoology Forming a pair.

  • Fore and hind wings are jugate.1945, N.B. Tindale, “Minutes of the 553d regular meeting of the Entomological Society of Washington”, in Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, volume 47, number 6, The Hepialidae, or Ghost Moths, page 183:
  • Although the portrait design is jugate, the medal could serve to honor — individually — the many victories of one and the singular and ambitious failure of the other.1978, Gerald Johnson, TAMS Journal, volume 18, number 3, Token and Medal Society, Noble Failure… The WCTU Chicago Temple, page 92:
1 more example
  • Western honey mesquite is distinguished from P. velutina by its jugate leaves and relatively narrow, often large, and rather widely spaced leaflets.2001, Richard Stephen Felger, Matthew Brian Johnson, Michael Francis Wilson, “Fabaceae”, in The trees of Sonora, Mexico, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana, page 207:
Derived terms
bijugate, multijugate, quadrijugate, quinquejugate, trijugate, unijugate

jugate

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Latin iugātus (“yoked together in pairs”), perfect passive participle of iugō (“to yoke”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

1

A portrait which depicts two side-by-side subjects with relative proximity.

  • More than 50 celluloid and lithographed tin political jugates [i.e., pinback buttons with jugate portraits] made since 1896 sold at three different summer auctions […] You can find jugate trays, posters, badges and ribbons, too.2008 November 23, “Presidential Campaign Jugates”, in Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles, volume 35, number 3, pages 28–29:
Related terms
pinnate, bijugate

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