REGNAL
\ɹɪɡnˈal], \ɹɪɡnˈal], \ɹ_ɪ_ɡ_n_ˈa_l]\
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By Noah Webster.
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reg'nal, adj. pertaining to the reign of a monarch.--n. REG'NANCY, condition of being regnant: reign: predominance.--adj. REG'NANT, reigning or ruling: predominant: exercising regal authority.--ns. REG'NICIDE, the destroyer of a kingdom; REG'NUM, a badge of royalty, esp. the early form of the pope's tiara.--REGNAL YEAR, the year of a sovereign's reign. [L. regnans, regnantis, pr.p. of regn[=a]re, reg[)e]re, to rule.]
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).