DIAPRUNUM
\dˈa͡ɪəpɹˌʌnəm], \dˈaɪəpɹˌʌnəm], \d_ˈaɪ_ə_p_ɹ_ˌʌ_n_ə_m]\
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Diacoccymelon. A purgative electuary, of which the pulps of prunes and rhubarb formed the basis. By adding to the diaprunum simplex 24th part of powdered scammony, the Diaprunum resolutivum seu compositum was formed. It was more active than the former.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).