COMATULA ROSACEA
\kə͡ʊmˈatjʊlə ɹəsˈe͡ɪsi͡ə], \kəʊmˈatjʊlə ɹəsˈeɪsiə], \k_əʊ_m_ˈa_t_j_ʊ_l_ə ɹ_ə_s_ˈeɪ_s_iə]\
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[L.] (Bot.) Feather star. A small and very beautiful, and the only British spec, of the fam. of Crinoids [Gr.]. Radiated Echlnodermata; free when mature; stalked when young, in which state it has been described as an independent spec., Pentacrinus Europaeus.
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).
Nearby Words
- comatose, comatous
- comatoseness
- comatoss
- comatous
- comatula
- Comatula rosacea
- comatulid
- comatulidae
- comb
- comb jelly
- comb out