MASSA
\mˈasə], \mˈasə], \m_ˈa_s_ə]\
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In the civil law. A mass; an unwrought substance, such as gold or silver, before it is wrought into cups or other articles. Dig. 47, 2, 52, 14; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 00, 17, 22
By Henry Campbell Black
By Thomas Davidson
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Mass-m. Carnea Jacobi Sylvii, see Flexor longus digitorum pedis profundus perforans-m. de Dactylis, Paste. date-m. de Extracto glycyrrhizae, Pasta glycyrrhizae, & c.-m. de Gummi Arabico, Paste, marshmallow- m. de Zizyphorum fructu, Paste of jujubes.
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).