SANS-CULOTTES
\sˈanzkjˈʊlɒts], \sˈanzkjˈʊlɒts], \s_ˈa_n_z_k_j_ˈʊ_l_ɒ_t_s]\
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[Fr.] A contemptuous name, denoting the beggary of those who go with their legs bare; applied to the Jacobins of the French Revolution, but afterwards assumed by themselves as a title of honour. In the new calendar the five supernumerary days were called Sansculottides.
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).