NAÏF
\nˈaiːf], \nˈaiːf], \n_ˈa_iː_f]\
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nä-[=e]f', NAÃVE, nä-[=e]v', adj. with natural or unaffected simplicity, esp. in thought, manners, or speech: artless: ingenuous.--adv. NAÃVE'LY.--n. NAÃVETÉ (nä-[=e]v-t[=a]'), natural simplicity and unreservedness of thought, manner, or speech. [Fr. naïf, fem, naïve--L. nativus, native--nasci, natus, to be born.]
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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).