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unijugate

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u⋅nij⋅u⋅gate

[yoo-nij-uh-geyt, yoo-ni-joo-git, -geyt]
–adjective Botany.
(of a pinnate leaf) having only a single pair of leaflets.

Origin:
1840–50; < L ūnijug(us) having one yoke (equiv. to ūni- uni- + jug(um) yoke 1 + -us adj. suffix) + -ate 1
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