CIRCUMNUTATE
\sˈɜːkəmnjˌuːte͡ɪt], \sˈɜːkəmnjˌuːteɪt], \s_ˈɜː_k_ə_m_n_j_ˌuː_t_eɪ_t]\
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To nod or turn round: specifically, in bot. to move round in a more or less circular or elliptical path: said of the stem and other organs of a plant. "It will be shown that apparently every growing part of every plant is continually circumnutating, though often on a small scale."-Dawrin.
By Daniel Lyons
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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).