SOLID OF REVOLUTION
\sˈɒlɪd ɒv ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən], \sˈɒlɪd ɒv ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən], \s_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_d ɒ_v ɹ_ˌɛ_v_ə_l_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
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A solid of the same form as the space traced out by a plane figure during its revolution round an axis in its plane ; as a cone, which is traced out by the revolution of a right-angled triangle round one of the sides containing the right angle.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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).