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mushroomlike — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : resembling a mushroom in appearance 2. : springing up suddenly … Useful english dictionary
mushroom — mushroomlike, adj. mushroomy, adj. /mush roohm, room/, n. 1. any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc. 2. any of several edible species, esp. of the family Agaricaceae, as Agaricus campestris… … Universalium
boletus — /boh lee teuhs/, n., pl. boletuses, boleti / tuy/. any mushroomlike fungus of the genus Boletus, having an easily separable layer of tubes on the underside of the cap or pileus. [1595 1605; < NL; L boletus a mushroom] * * * … Universalium
clinic — /klin ik/, n. 1. a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge. 2. a group of physicians, dentists, or the like, working in cooperation and… … Universalium
cup fungus — any small, often brightly colored mushroom of the family Pezizaceae, characterized by a fruiting body resembling a cup. [1905 10] * * * any member of a large group of fungi (kingdom Fungi) in the order Pezizales (phylum Ascomycota) and… … Universalium
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
Niemeyer (Soares Filho), Oscar — born Dec. 15, 1907, Rio de Janeiro, Braz. Brazilian architect. Beginning in 1934, he worked in the office of Lúcio Costa, an early exponent of the Modern movement in Brazil. Niemeyer s first major independent project was the plan for Pampulha… … Universalium
Ascomycota — ▪ phylum of fungi also called sac fungi a phylum of fungi (kingdom Fungi) characterized by a saclike structure, the ascus, which contains four to eight ascospores in the sexual stage. The sac fungi are separated into subgroups based on… … Universalium
cirripede — ▪ crustacean Introduction any of the marine crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia (subphylum Crustacea). The best known are the barnacles. Adult cirripedes other than barnacles are internal parasites of marine invertebrates such as crabs … Universalium
Lennoaceae — ▪ plant family the sand food family, very close to, or possibly embedded in, the family Boraginaceae, composed of two genera and four species of curious, parasitic plants, which send out rootlike structures (haustoria (haustorium)) that… … Universalium
