ulnar (ulnar)

[ the ulnar border of the forearm; the ulnar bone 6570 scars are concentrically arranged, which become more or le obscure, or are entirely obliterated, with the growth of the plant. The nature and function of these peculiar scars have been the object of much discu ion among fo il botanists; but the most generally received opinion is that they were the points of attachment of ma es of inflorescence, which consisted of se ile cones formed of imbricated scales in a manner similar to a fir-cone. Ulodendron is a widely distributed genus in Europe and America, and very characteristic of the lower section of the Carboniferous series. Ulonatat (u-lō-na'tä), n. pl. [NL. (Fabric i us, 1793): formation uncertain; perhaps (Gr. αὐλών, a hollow, a narrow space.] A group of mandibulate insects, in the system of Fabric i us, composed of the genera Acrydium, Gryllus, Trux alis, Forficula, Blatta, Mantis, Acheta, and Lo custa: an obsolete synonym of Orthoptera. Ulophocinæ (ūlō-fo-sī'ně), n. pl. [NL., ulophocine (u'lō-fō-sin), a. Of or pertaining to the Ulophocinæ. ulorrhagia (u-lō-raj i-a), n. Same as oulor rhagy. Ulothrix (ü'lō-thriks), n. [NL. (Kutizing, 1845), Ulotrichaceӕ. ultimatum ultima (ul'ti-mä), a. and n. [L., fem. of ulti mus, superl. of ulter, that is beyond or on the other side: see ultimate.] I. a. Most remote; furthest; final; last. - Ultima ratio, the last reason or argument.- Ultima ratio regum, the last reason of kings; resort to arms or war. - Ultima Thule. See Thule. II. n. In gram . , the last syllable of a word.