PATAVINITY
\pˌatɐvˈɪnɪti], \pˌatɐvˈɪnɪti], \p_ˌa_t_ɐ_v_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_t_i]\
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The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; - so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.
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The use of local or provincial words, as in the peculiar style or diction of Livy, the Roman historian; - so called from Patavium, now Padua, the place of Livy's nativity.
By Noah Webster.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).