VIGESIMAL
\vˈa͡ɪd͡ʒsɪmə͡l], \vˈaɪdʒsɪməl], \v_ˈaɪ_dʒ_s_ɪ_m_əl]\
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By Noah Webster.
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v[=i]-jes'i-mal, adj. twentieth.--n. VIGESIM[=A]'TION, the putting to death of every twentieth man.--adj. VIGES'IMO-QUAR'TO, formed of sheets folded so as to make twenty-four leaves. [L. vigesimus--viginti, twenty.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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).