ACTAEA SPICATA
\aktˈi͡ə spɪkˈɑːtə], \aktˈiə spɪkˈɑːtə], \a_k_t_ˈiə s_p_ɪ_k_ˈɑː_t_ə]\
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A perennial herbaceous European plant, the root of which resembles that of the black hellebore. The root is cathartic, and sometimes emetic, and in over-loses may produce dangerous consequences. Actce'a America'na, of which there are two varieties, A. alba and A. rubra,-white and red rohosh,-is indigenous in the United States. It has the same properties as A. spicata.
By Robley Dunglison
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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).