SIMABA CEDRON
\sɪmˈɑːbə sˈɛdɹən], \sɪmˈɑːbə sˈɛdɹən], \s_ɪ_m_ˈɑː_b_ə s_ˈɛ_d_ɹ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SIMABA CEDRON
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A South American tree, the seeds of which- cedron seeds- have been used as an antidote for snake-bites. They have, also, been proposed in mental diseases and in epilepsy. The scrapings of the wood have been used as a substitute for sulphate of quinia.
By Robley Dunglison
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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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