QUIEN SABE
\kwˈi͡ən sˈe͡ɪb], \kwˈiən sˈeɪb], \k_w_ˈiə_n s_ˈeɪ_b]\
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kien sä'be, who knows? a common reply to a question in the south-western United States, meaning 'I do not know.' [Sp. quien, who--L. quis, who; sabe, 3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of saber, to know--L. sap[)e]re, to have sense.]
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).