jugum

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
21
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒuː.ɡəm/

Definition of jugum

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.
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noun

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

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Etymology

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

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