SEVEN DEADLY SINS
\sˈɛvən dˈɛdli sˈɪnz], \sˈɛvən dˈɛdli sˈɪnz], \s_ˈɛ_v_ə_n d_ˈɛ_d_l_i s_ˈɪ_n_z]\
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In Med. Theol.-taking Spenser's account, Faery Queene, bk. i. canto iv.-Falsehood, idleness, gluttony, fornication, avarice, envy, wrath; another list is-Pride, covetousness, lust, gluttony, anger, envy, sloth; but the enumeration is worthless.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).