POLYMER
\pˈɒlɪmə], \pˈɒlɪmə], \p_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_m_ə]\
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Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.
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A compound with a significantly large molecular weight, meaning it has a lot of simpler molecules of a simlar type. Examples of polymers include a lot of different common plastics.
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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).