COMPOTATION
\kɒmpətˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɒmpətˈeɪʃən], \k_ɒ_m_p_ə_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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kom-po-t[=a]'shun, n. a carouse together.--ns. COMPOT[=A]'TIONSHIP; COM'POTATOR, a bottle-companion.--adj. COMPOT'ATORY. [L. compotationem--com, together, pot[=a]re, to drink.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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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).