JAPANESE WAX, JAPAN WAX
\d͡ʒˌapənˈiːz wˈaks], \dʒˌapənˈiːz wˈaks], \dʒ_ˌa_p_ə_n_ˈiː_z w_ˈa_k_s]\
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A hard, waxy fat, derived from the stone fruits of several species of Rhus, consisting chiefly of palmatin. It occurs in commerce in hard, yellowish cakes or large, rectangular blocks covered with a fine white efflorescence, and is used like bees' wax.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).