KRISS-KRINGLE
\kɹˈɪskɹˈɪŋɡə͡l], \kɹˈɪskɹˈɪŋɡəl], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_k_ɹ_ˈɪ_ŋ_ɡ_əl]\
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[Ger.] The German for child is kind, of which the diminutive is kindlein or kindchen. This, in some parts of Germany and in Pennsylvania, has been formed into kindel, and the children are promised gifts at Christmas from "Christ-Kindel."-Bartlett's Americanisms.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).