CIRCUM
\sˈɜːkəm], \sˈɜːkəm], \s_ˈɜː_k_ə_m]\
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=L adv. & prep. Circum round, about, used (1) adverbially, as circumvagant wandering round or about; (2) prepositionally, as circumocular surrounding the eye. English wds are some f. L (direct, as circumscribe, or thr. French as circumcise), some formed in English on L elements as circumambient, & some facetious hybrids as circumbendibus.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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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).