PERIPHRASTIC, PERIPHRASTICAL
\pəɹɪfɹˈastɪk], \pəɹɪfɹˈastɪk], \p_ə_ɹ_ɪ_f_ɹ_ˈa_s_t_ɪ_k]\
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Containing or expressed by periphrasis or circumlocution.
By Daniel Lyons
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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).
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