SCOPARIUS
\skəpˈe͡əɹɪəs], \skəpˈeəɹɪəs], \s_k_ə_p_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\
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By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn.: scoparii cacumina [Br. Ph.], broom. The dried tops of Citysus scoparius. They contain scoparin and spartein. They are diuretic (see scoparin), but are not like digitalis in action (see spartein). The fluidextract of scoparius is official in the U. S. Ph.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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).