APAGOGIC
\ɐpɐɡˈɒɡɪk], \ɐpɐɡˈɒɡɪk], \ɐ_p_ɐ_ɡ_ˈɒ_ɡ_ɪ_k]\
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-AL, ap-a-goj'ik, -al, adj. proving indirectly by an apagoge or reduction to an absurdity, the truth of the thesis being evinced through the falsehood of its opposite--opposed to direct or ostensive proof. [Gr. apag[=o]g[=e], leading away, abduction, apagein, to lead off.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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).