KREOSOTE
\kɹɪˈɒsə͡ʊt], \kɹɪˈɒsəʊt], \k_ɹ_ɪ__ˈɒ_s_əʊ_t]\
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By Thomas Davidson
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[Gr.] A principle in pyroligneous acid and all the tars, having the property of preserving animal matter; used externally and internally.
By Henry Percy Smith
Word of the day
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).