PLECTRUM
\plˈɛktɹəm], \plˈɛktɹəm], \p_l_ˈɛ_k_t_ɹ_ə_m]\
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A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.
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A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments.
By Noah Webster.
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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).