CAUCUS MEETING
\kˈɔːkəs mˈiːtɪŋ], \kˈɔːkəs mˈiːtɪŋ], \k_ˈɔː_k_ə_s m_ˈiː_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
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A general meeting of party. In 1770, a fray between some British soldiers and Boston ropemakers resulted in democratic meetings of ropemakers and caulkers; called by the Tories caucus meetings.
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In England now -sometimes called the Birmingham system- the management of all electioneering business by a representative committee of voters.
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).