HYDRIC
\hˈa͡ɪdɹɪk], \hˈaɪdɹɪk], \h_ˈaɪ_d_ɹ_ɪ_k]\
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By Noah Webster.
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Containing water.
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Combined with hydrogen; a term applied especially to names of the hydrogen acids considered as salts of hydrogen (e. g., h. chlorid = hydrochloric acid); also applied especially to acid salts, because all the hydrogen of the acid characteristic is not replaced by the basic element. See dihydric, monohydric, and trihydric. [Lat.]
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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).