MADISON AVENUE
\mˈadɪsən ˈavənjˌuː], \mˈadɪsən ˈavənjˌuː], \m_ˈa_d_ɪ_s_ə_n ˈa_v_ə_n_j_ˌuː]\
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Well-known, popular New York City - Manhattan district street. Named after the fourth President of the United States, John Madison. Pricey real-estate, high-end shopping, and large advertising agencies are trade-mark characteristics. The street attracts the elite clientele to flagship stores top designers paid top dollar to open.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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).