INSTITUTES
\ˈɪnstɪtjˌuːts], \ˈɪnstɪtjˌuːts], \ˈɪ_n_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˌuː_t_s]\
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Organizations representing specialized fields which are accepted as authoritative; may be non-governmental, university or an independent research organization, e.g., National Academy of Sciences, Brookings Institution, etc.
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of Lord Coke, four vols., 1628. The first vol., known as Coke upon Littleton, is a comment on a treatise on tenures; the second vol., a comment on old Acts of Parliament; the third vol., on pleas of the Crown; the fourth vol., an account of various courts.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).