n. a phylum of higher fungi, coextensive with the class Ascomycetes. It comprises Hemiascomycetes; Plectomycetes; Pyrenomycetes; Discomycetessac fungi; in some classification systems it is considered a division of the kingdom Fungi.
Syn. -- subdivision Ascomycota, Ascomycotina, subdivision Ascomycotina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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‖n. pl. (Bot.) [ NL., fr. NL. & E. basidium + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fungus. ] (Bot.) A large subdivision of the kingdom Fungi coextensive with the phylum Basidiomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc. Among the classes of the Basidiomycota are: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi). In the 1913 Webster, the Basidiomycetes were defined as "coördinate with the Ascomycetes", and other fungal phyla (the Zygomycota and Deuteromycota) were not mentioned.
Syn. -- Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycota, subdivision Basidiomycotina. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ For co. tangens, an abbrev. of L. complementi tangens. See Tangent. ] (Trig.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. narcotine, by transposition of letters. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Dacotan /sing>. (Ethnol.) Same as Dacotas. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a division consisting of the true fungi, eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms distinguished from the Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds). It comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi).
Syn. -- division Eumycota. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Biol.) The slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes and Plasmodiophoromycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctista.
Syn. -- division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, division Gymnomycota. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Scot + ale. ] (O. Eng. Law) The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Narragansett Indian m'sickquatash corn boiled whole. ] Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians. [ Written also suckatash. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Surg.) Of or pertaining to Tagliacozzi, a Venetian surgeon; as, the Tagliacotian operation, a method of rhinoplasty described by him. [ Also Taliacotian, and Tagliacozzian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]