SHALE OIL
\ʃˈe͡ɪl ˈɔ͡ɪl], \ʃˈeɪl ˈɔɪl], \ʃ_ˈeɪ_l ˈɔɪ_l]\
Definitions of SHALE OIL
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Oil distilled from bituminous shales.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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).