NAUTICUM FCENUS
\nˈɔːtɪkəm ˈɛfsˈɛnəs], \nˈɔːtɪkəm ˈɛfsˈɛnəs], \n_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_k_ə_m ˈɛ_f_s_ˈɛ_n_ə_s]\
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Lat. In the civil law. Nautical or maritime interest; an ex- traordinary rate of interest agreed to be paid for the loan of money on the hazard of a voyage ; corresponding to interest on contracts of bottomry or respondentia in English and American maritime law. See Mackeld. Bom. Law,
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).