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ju⋅gate

[joo-geyt, -git]
–adjective
1. Botany. having the leaflets in pairs, as a pinnate leaf.
2. Entomology. having a jugum.
3. (of two or more portraits on a coin, medal, or escutcheon) overlapping.

Origin:
1885–90; < L jug(um) yoke + -ate 1
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ju·gate   (jōō'gāt', -gĭt)   
adj.  Joined in or forming pairs or a pair.

[Latin iugātus, past participle of iugāre, to join, from iugum, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
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