TOWARDS TOWARD
\tʊwˈɔːdz tʊwˈɔːd], \tʊwˈɔːdz tʊwˈɔːd], \t_ʊ_w_ˈɔː_d_z t_ʊ_w_ˈɔː_d]\
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(-s now more usu. in prose& colloq.). In the direction of, as looks t. the sea, set out t. town, I look t. you (in drinking health); as regards, in relation to, as felt some animosity t. him, his attitude t. Home Rule; (archaic esp. bibl.) to usward, t. us; for, for the purpose of, as saved something t. his education; near, as t. noon, t. the end of our journey; (archaic, as adv.) feast is toward (coming). [old English]
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).
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