VENDÉMIAIRE
\vˈɛnde͡ɪmɪˌa͡ɪɹə], \vˈɛndeɪmɪˌaɪɹə], \v_ˈɛ_n_d_eɪ_m_ɪ__ˌaɪ_ɹ_ə]\
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vong-d[=a]-mi-[=a]r', n. the first month in the French Revolutionary Calendar, from 22d September to 21st October. ['The vintage-month,' Fr.,--L. vindemia, vintage--vinum, wine, dem[)e]re, to take off--de, off, em[)e]re, to take.]
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).
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