ELECTUARIUM
\ɪlˌɛktjuːˈe͡əɹi͡əm], \ɪlˌɛktjuːˈeəɹiəm], \ɪ_l_ˌɛ_k_t_j_uː_ˈeə_ɹ_iə_m]\
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A pharmaceutical composition of a soft consistence, somewhat thicker than honey, and formed of powders, pulps, extracts, syrup, honey, &e. In the London and American Pharmacopceias, electuaries are classed under Confections.
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).