PROPRIETARY,
\pɹəpɹˈa͡ɪ͡ətəɹi], \pɹəpɹˈaɪətəɹi], \p_ɹ_ə_p_ɹ_ˈaɪə_t_ə_ɹ_i]\
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n. A proprietor or owner; one who lias the exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses or holds tlie title to a thing in his own right. The grantees of Pennsylvania and Maryland and their heirs were called the proprietaries of those provinces. Webster.
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).