CASTIGATORY
\kˈastɪɡətəɹˌi], \kˈastɪɡətəɹˌi], \k_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_ɡ_ə_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
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An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; - called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
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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).