PRIMARY SECONDARY
\pɹˈa͡ɪməɹi sˈɛkəndəɹi], \pɹˈaɪməɹi sˈɛkəndəɹi], \p_ɹ_ˈaɪ_m_ə_ɹ_i s_ˈɛ_k_ə_n_d_ə_ɹ_i]\
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Partly primary and partly secondary (said of those dihydric alcohols in which one of the molecules of hydroxyl is united to a terminal carbon atom and the other is united to an intermediate carbon atom which is itself connected with two other carbon atoms.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).