PIQUANT
\pˈiːkənt], \pˈiːkənt], \p_ˈiː_k_ə_n_t]\
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Agreeably sharp to the taste; exciting interest because of smartness or cleverness; lively; as, a piquant glance or smile; sharp or cutting to the feelings; severe; as, piquant criticism.
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Piquantly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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).