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\mˈaθjuː kˈe͡əɹi], \mˈaθjuː kˈeəɹi], \m_ˈa_θ_j_uː k_ˈeə_ɹ_i]\
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An American publisher and prose-writer; born in Ireland, Jan. 28, 1760; died in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 16, 1839. The best known of his political writings was his "Olive Branch" (1814). It was an effort to promote harmony among political parties during the War of 1812. It passed through ten editions. In 1819 he published his "Vindiciae Hibernicae"; and in 1822, "Essays on Political Economy".
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).