INCIINE
\ɪnsˈɪa͡ɪn], \ɪnsˈɪaɪn], \ɪ_n_s_ˈɪ__aɪ_n]\
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Bend (head, body, oneself) forward or downward; i. one\'s ear, listen favourably (to person, prayer, &c.); dispose (mind, heart, person, to do), as i. our hearts to keep this law, I am inclined to think; be disposed, as I i. to think; lean, cause to lean, from the vertical &c.; inclined (sloping) plane, one of the mechanical powers; tend (to corpulence &c.). [old French]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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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).