FORLORN HOPE
\fˈɔːlɔːn hˈə͡ʊp], \fˈɔːlɔːn hˈəʊp], \f_ˈɔː_l_ɔː_n h_ˈəʊ_p]\
Definitions of FORLORN HOPE
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By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A military detachment detailed for a desperate enterprise; also, such an enterprise.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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).
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