LEXICON
\lˈɛksɪkən], \lˈɛksɪkən], \l_ˈɛ_k_s_ɪ_k_ə_n]\
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A dictionary; a word book.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] A vocabulary or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language, with the definition of each; a dictionary, especially, a Greek or Hebrew dictionary.
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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).