MARQUISE DE MARTHE MARGUERITE DE VILLETTE CAYLUS
\mˈɑːkwa͡ɪz də mˈɑːð mˌɑːɡəɹˈiːt də vɪlˈɛt kˈe͡ɪləs], \mˈɑːkwaɪz də mˈɑːð mˌɑːɡəɹˈiːt də vɪlˈɛt kˈeɪləs], \m_ˈɑː_k_w_aɪ_z d_ə m_ˈɑː_ð m_ˌɑː_ɡ_ə_ɹ_ˈiː_t d_ə v_ɪ_l_ˈɛ_t k_ˈeɪ_l_ə_s]\
Definitions of MARQUISE DE MARTHE MARGUERITE DE VILLETTE CAYLUS
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A French writer of memoirs; born in Poitou, 1673; died at Paris (?), April 15, 1729. Long an ornament of the brilliant court of Louis XIV., she passed her declining years in dictating "My Recollections", in which a valuable insight into the life of Louis XIV. is afforded, through the medium of a singularly happy style.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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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