MISTURA
\mɪstjˈʊ͡əɹə], \mɪstjˈʊəɹə], \m_ɪ_s_t_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə]\
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A mixture; a compound.
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Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops.
By Oddity Software
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Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops.
By Noah Webster.
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A mingled compound, in which different ingredients are contained in the fluid state; suspended or not by means of mucilaginous or saccharine matter. In this sense, it is synonymous with the French Potion. In France, however, the word mixture is more frequently understood to mean a liquid medicine, which contains very active substances, and can only be administered by drops. A mixture, in other words, in the French sense, may be regarded as a potion deprived of watery vehicle.
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A fragrant yellow-coloured water, used a perfume by the ladies of Peru. It is prepard from gillyflower, jasmine, and flor de mistela (Talinum umbellatum). See Campomanesis lineatifolia.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).