JOHN DICKINSON
\d͡ʒˈɒn dˈɪkɪnsən], \dʒˈɒn dˈɪkɪnsən], \dʒ_ˈɒ_n d_ˈɪ_k_ɪ_n_s_ə_n]\
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An early American political writer and statesman. He was born in Maryland, Nov. 13, 1732, and died at Wilmington, Del., Feb. 14, 1808. He wrote a series of State papers-"Address to the Inhabitants of Quebec"; "Petitions to the King"; "Address to the Armies"-that had great influence in their day. He was the author of "Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer to the Inhabitants of the Colonies" (1767), and "Essay on Constitutional Power of Great Britain over the American Colonies" (1774). Dickinson College at Carlisle, Pa., was named in his honor.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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).