JENNEVAL
\d͡ʒˈɛnɛvə͡l], \dʒˈɛnɛvəl], \dʒ_ˈɛ_n_ɛ_v_əl]\
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pseudonym of Louis Dechez. A French-Belgian patriotic songwriter; born in Lyons, 1808; killed in the campaign of Lierre, Oct. 19, 1830. His fame rests upon that most renowned of Belgian patriotic songs, "Brabanconne", which won its way rapidly to official recognition as the national hymn; and his collected "Poems" give evidence of a genuine inspiration.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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).