Definition of Jugum

1. n. One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

Definition of Jugum

1. Noun. (botany) One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jugum

1. a pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate leaf [n -GA or -GUMS]

Medical Definition of Jugum

1. Origin: L, a yoke, ridge. One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants. A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jugum

jugular vein
jugular veins
jugular venous arch
jugular wall of middle ear
jugulars
jugulate
jugulated
jugulates
jugulating
jugulo-omohyoid lymph node
jugulo-omohyoid node
jugulodigastric
jugulodigastric lymph node
jugulodigastric node
jugulum
jugum (current term)
jugum alveolare
jugum sphenoidale
jugums
juice-head
juice-heads
juice box
juice collector
juice head
juice heads
juice joint
juice loan
juice loans
juice monkey

Literary usage of Jugum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works of the Camden Society by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1887)
"... et Delman j jugum, Orgar' ct Robertus Pistor dimidium jugum, ... quod est in eisdem villis, dimidium jugum; Et praeter haec de ..."

2. Custumals of Battle Abbey, in the Reigns of Edward I. and Edward II. (1283 by Battle Abbey, Samuel Robert Scargill-Bird (1887)
"... quod est in eisdem villis, dimidium jugum; Et praeter haec de ... et Berdes, et cum quadam parte de Morling', j jugum, Et sic sunt xxx juga in tribus ..."

3. The Works of William Robertson ...: To which is Prefixed, an Account of His by William Robertson, Dugald Stewart (1817)
"... ex Dei gratia, ratione divini ministerii onus leve est, & jugum suave; nos penitus nolumus illos ..."

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