UNIO PROLIUM
\jˈuːnɪˌə͡ʊ pɹˈə͡ʊli͡əm], \jˈuːnɪˌəʊ pɹˈəʊliəm], \j_ˈuː_n_ɪ__ˌəʊ p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_l_iə_m]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
Lat. Uuiting of offspring. A method of adoption, chiefly used in Germany, by which step-children (on either or both sides of the house) are made equal, in respect to the right of succession, with the children who spring from the marriage of the two contracting parties. See Heinece. Elem.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
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).