RUBUS
\ɹˈuːbəs], \ɹˈuːbəs], \ɹ_ˈuː_b_ə_s]\
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By William R. Warner
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A genus of plants: R. villosus, and other species called blackberry, have astringent root-bark.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A genus of plants (including the blackberry, raspberry, dewberry, etc.) of the Rosaceae.
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Of the U. S. Ph., the root bark of R. villosus, R. cuneifolius, or R. nigrobaccus. The fluidextract and the syrup of blackberry-root bark are official in the U. S. Ph.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).