SAMNITE
\sˈamna͡ɪt], \sˈamnaɪt], \s_ˈa_m_n_aɪ_t]\
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an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
By Princeton University
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an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans
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sam'n[=i]t, adj. and n. pertaining to an ancient Sabine people of central Italy, crushed by the Romans after a long struggle: a Roman gladiator armed with shield, sleeve on right arm, helmet, shoulder-piece, and greave.
By Thomas Davidson
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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).