APOLLONIUS OF RHODES
\ɐpəlˈə͡ʊnɪəs ɒv ɹˈə͡ʊdz], \ɐpəlˈəʊnɪəs ɒv ɹˈəʊdz], \ɐ_p_ə_l_ˈəʊ_n_ɪ__ə_s ɒ_v ɹ_ˈəʊ_d_z]\
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A Greek grammarian and poet; born 280 B. C. His one poetic composition, "Argonautics", gives but scant proof of its author's poetic inspiration, though it has a few passages of high artistic beauty. It was widely read by the Romans; both Virgil and Ovid borrowed a little from Apollonius
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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