RHODIUM LIGNUM
\ɹˈə͡ʊdi͡əm lˈɪɡnəm], \ɹˈəʊdiəm lˈɪɡnəm], \ɹ_ˈəʊ_d_iə_m l_ˈɪ_ɡ_n_ə_m]\
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The wood or root of a tree supposed to be Genista Canariensias of Liunnaeus. (F.) Bois de rose, Bois de Chypre. Ord. Leguminosae. Sex. Syst. Diadelphia Decandria. The essential oil is a perfume, and possesses cordial and tonic virtues. Its smell is attractive to fish, rats, etc.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).