OESTRUM
\ˈiːstɹəm], \ˈiːstɹəm], \ˈiː_s_t_ɹ_ə_m]\
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[=e]s'trum, n. violent desire.--adj. OES'TRUAL, in heat, rutting.--v.i. OES'TRU[=A]TE, to be in heat.--ns. OESTRU[=A]'TION; OES'TRUS, a gadfly. [L.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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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).