BRITISHISM
\bɹˈɪtɪʃˌɪzəm], \bɹˈɪtɪʃˌɪzəm], \b_ɹ_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_ʃ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of BRITISHISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
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an expression that is limited to English as spoken by Englishmen (especially as contrasted with American English)
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a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens
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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).