CAUCASIAN RACE
\kɔːkˈe͡ɪzi͡ən ɹˈe͡ɪs], \kɔːkˈeɪziən ɹˈeɪs], \k_ɔː_k_ˈeɪ_z_iə_n ɹ_ˈeɪ_s]\
Definitions of CAUCASIAN RACE
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A major racial group distinguished by classification according to physical features. This group, also called Europoid, centers around the Mediterranean Sea but includes central and northern Europe. They are indigenous also to northern Africa, southwestern Asia, and India. (Winick: Dictionary of Anthropology, 1972; American Heritage Dictionary, 2d College ed)
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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).