PULVERULENT
\pˈʌlvəɹˌuːlənt], \pˈʌlvəɹˌuːlənt], \p_ˈʌ_l_v_ə_ɹ_ˌuː_l_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of PULVERULENT
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Reduced to the state of a fine powder. Covered, as it were, with dust. An epithet applied to the eyes when they appear dirty, and, as it were, sprinkled with dust, by reason of granulations or grayish striae, resulting from thickening of the mucous fluid of the conjunctiva. -Nysten.
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).