SCUTCHEON
\skˈʌt͡ʃən], \skˈʌtʃən], \s_k_ˈʌ_tʃ_ə_n]\
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An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
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A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
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An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
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A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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).