QUADRIVALENT
\kwˈɒdɹa͡ɪvə͡lənt], \kwˈɒdɹaɪvələnt], \k_w_ˈɒ_d_ɹ_aɪ_v_əl_ə_n_t]\
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Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; - said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
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Having a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; - said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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).