CAVALIERE ANDREA MAFFEI
\kˌavɐliˈe͡əɹ ˈandɹi͡ə mˈafe͡ɪ], \kˌavɐliˈeəɹ ˈandɹiə mˈafeɪ], \k_ˌa_v_ɐ_l_i__ˈeə_ɹ ˈa_n_d_ɹ_iə m_ˈa_f_eɪ]\
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An Italian poet; born at Riva di Trento, 1802; died at Milan, Nov. 27, 1885. He wrote "Dal Benaco" (1854); "Verses Published and Unpublished" (1858); "Art, Ardors, and Fancies" (2d ed. 1864), containing many rare lyrics. He made numerous translations from the German, English, and Greek. He was also in public life, and became senator.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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).
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