TYBURN
\tˈa͡ɪbɜːn], \tˈaɪbɜːn], \t_ˈaɪ_b_ɜː_n]\
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t[=i]'burn, n. the historic place of execution in London.--ns. TY'BURN-TICK'ET, a certificate of exemption from certain parochial offices formerly granted to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction; TY'BURN-TIPP'ET, a halter; TY'BURN-TREE, the gallows.
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).