SALINE EFFERVESCING DRAUGHT
\sˈe͡ɪla͡ɪn ˈɛfəvˌɛsɪŋ dɹˈaft], \sˈeɪlaɪn ˈɛfəvˌɛsɪŋ dɹˈaft], \s_ˈeɪ_l_aɪ_n ˈɛ_f_ə_v_ˌɛ_s_ɪ_ŋ d_ɹ_ˈa_f_t]\
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is made by adding a due proportion of either of the acids above mentioned, or of lemon-juice, to the proper proportion of the carbonate of soda or potassa. About 25 grains of the acid saturate 30 grains of the carbonate. See Powders, soda.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).