F2EDER-FEOH
\ˈɛf tˈuː ˈɛdəfˈiː], \ˈɛf tˈuː ˈɛdəfˈiː], \ˈɛ_f t_ˈuː ˈɛ_d_ə_f_ˈiː]\
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In old English law. The portion brought by a wife to her husband,and which reverted to a widow, in case the heir of her deceased husband refused hisconsent to her second marriage; i. e.. it reverted to her family in case she returned tothem. Wharton.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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).