UPWIND
\ˈʌpwɪnd], \ˈʌpwɪnd], \ˈʌ_p_w_ɪ_n_d]\
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in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing; "they flew upwind"
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toward the wind; "they were sailing leeward"
By Princeton University
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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).