QUASSATION
\kwasˈe͡ɪʃən], \kwasˈeɪʃən], \k_w_a_s_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
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kwas-s[=a]'shun, n. the act of shaking: the state of being shaken: concussion.--adj. QUAS'SATIVE. [L. quassatio--quass[=a]re, to shake.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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).