DRAWING-ROOM
\dɹˈɔːɪŋɹˈuːm], \dɹˈɔːɪŋɹˈuːm], \d_ɹ_ˈɔː_ɪ_ŋ_ɹ_ˈuː_m]\
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draw'ing-r[=oo]m, n. a room to which the company withdraws after dinner: a reception of company at court.--DRAWING-ROOM CAR, a railway-carriage fitted up as a drawing-room. [Orig. Withdrawing-room.]
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).