CACODYL
\kˈakədˌɪl], \kˈakədˌɪl], \k_ˈa_k_ə_d_ˌɪ_l]\
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kak'o-dil, n. a colourless stinking liquid, composed of arsenic, carbon, and hydrogen. [Gr. kak[=o]d[=e]s, ill-smelling.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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).