BOBSTAY
\bˈɒbste͡ɪ], \bˈɒbsteɪ], \b_ˈɒ_b_s_t_eɪ]\
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A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; - usually in the pl.
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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).