MAZARINADE
\mˈazɑːɹˌɪne͡ɪd], \mˈazɑːɹˌɪneɪd], \m_ˈa_z_ɑː_ɹ_ˌɪ_n_eɪ_d]\
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maz-a-rin-[=a]d', n. a pamphlet or satire against the French minister, Cardinal Mazarin (1602-61).--n. MAZARINE', a rich blue colour: a blue gown.--MAZARIN BIBLE, the first printed Bible, printed by Gutenberg and Fust about 1450, so called because Cardinal Mazarin possessed twenty-five copies.
By Thomas Davidson
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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).