Definition of Bijugate

1. a. Having two pairs, as of leaflets.

Definition of Bijugate

1. Adjective. (botany) Having two pairs of leaflets ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bijugate

1. two-paired [adj]

Medical Definition of Bijugate

1. Having two pairs, as of leaflets. Origin: L. Bis twice + jugatus, p. P. Of jugare to join. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bijugate

bihydroguret
bijection
bijections
bijective
bijective numeration
bijectively
bijectivity
bijou
bijou problemette
bijous
bijouterie
bijouteries
bijoutries
bijoutry
bijoux
bijugate (current term)
bijugate leaf
bijugous
bijugous leaf
bijwoner
bijwoners
bikable
bikathon
bikathons
bike
bike-and-ride
bike-lash
bike-lashes
bike-shedding
bike jockey strap

Literary usage of Bijugate

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

1. The Flora of British India by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1879)
"5817, pp. ; leaflets all bijugate not so unequal as in the bijugate furm of the type much smaller 1-3 in. long more obtuse and thicker, flowers and pod ..."

2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"Leaves bijugate ; fo« a gland between each pair. Petiole bordered at the end. Spikes axillary, ' mostly in fours. ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"bijugate (esp. ire bot.). two-rowed, a. biserial or biseriate (tech.), distichous or (rare) distich (tech. or learned); spec, ..."

4. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"... juba tus conjugate, bijugate, etc. Ju'gum (Lat., a yoke), pi., Ju'ga ; (1) together), used in composition as the fruits of Umbelliferae. ..."

5. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"The leaves are bijugate, of a deep green, lanceolate, acute, and curved on their outer sides, while their inner margins are straight. ..."

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