FACET, FACETTE
\fˈasɛt], \fˈasɛt], \f_ˈa_s_ɛ_t]\
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A little face; a small surface; as, the facets of a diamond; "A gem of fifty facets."-Tennyson; in arch. a flat projection between the flutings of columns; in anat. a small, circumscribed portion of the surface of a bone; as, articular facettes, that is, contiguous surfaces by means of which bones are articulated.
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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