ALLITERATION
\ɐlˌɪtəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɐlˌɪtəɹˈeɪʃən], \ɐ_l_ˌɪ_t_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The recurrence of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words following close to each other, as in "apt alliteration's artful aid.".
By Daniel Lyons
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Alliterative.
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Recurrence of the same letter; the beginning of several contiguous words with the same letter.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Alliterativee.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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).