MANDREL
\mˈandɹə͡l], \mˈandɹəl], \m_ˈa_n_d_ɹ_əl]\
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The part of a lathe on which the work to be turned is placed; the revolving axle of a circular saw. Also, mandril.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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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).