ADULLAMITES
\ɐdˈʌlɐmˌa͡ɪts], \ɐdˈʌlɐmˌaɪts], \ɐ_d_ˈʌ_l_ɐ_m_ˌaɪ_t_s]\
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A term applied by Mr. Bright in the session of 1866 to Mr. Horsman and the members who joined him in his objections to the Reform Bill then before the House of Commons ; in reference to the action of David in the cave of Adullam (1 Sam. xxii. I, 2).
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).