DISSERTATE
\dɪsˈɜːte͡ɪt], \dɪsˈɜːteɪt], \d_ɪ_s_ˈɜː_t_eɪ_t]\
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By Noah Webster.
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dis'er-t[=a]t, v.i. to discourse-- (arch.) DISSERT'.--n. DISSERT[=A]'TION, a formal discourse: a treatise.--adjs. DISSERT[=A]'TIONAL, DISSERT[=A]'TIVE.--n. DIS'SERT[=A]TOR. [Fr.,--L. dissert[=a]re, inten. of disser[)e]re, to discuss--dis, ser[)e]re, to put in a row.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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).