MASTICATORY
\mˈastɪkətəɹˌi], \mˈastɪkətəɹˌi], \m_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k_ə_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
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By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
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Relating or appertaining to mastication or chewing. Also, a substance, chewed with the intention of exciting the secretion of saliva.
By Robley Dunglison
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).