GENIE
\d͡ʒˈiːni], \dʒˈiːni], \dʒ_ˈiː_n_i]\
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(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
By Princeton University
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Genius. The French sometimes apply this term to diseases nearly synonymously with nature; as Genie inflammatoire, G. bilieux, G. adynamique. Some use it in the same sense as type; Genie intermittent. The unwonted predominance of any mental faculty is also so called.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. [French] Inclination; bent of mind; disposition.
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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).