FROM WHENCE
\fɹɒm wˈɛns], \fɹɒm wˈɛns], \f_ɹ_ɒ_m w_ˈɛ_n_s]\
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May be called a pleonastic mode of expression, from being implied in whence; but it is very often met with in our literature, and has sometimes been defended as being more emphatic. “From whence come wars and fightings among ye.â€-Jas. iv. 1. “Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen.â€-Rev. ii. 5. “A place from whence himself does fly.â€-Shak. “The place from whence they fell.â€-Milton.
By Daniel Lyons
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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).