FAIDA
\fˈe͡ɪdə], \fˈeɪdə], \f_ˈeɪ_d_ə]\
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In Saxon law. Malice; open and deadly hostility ; deadly feud. The worddesignated the enmity between the family of a murdered man and that of his murderer,which was recognized, among the Teutonic peoples, as justification for vengeancetaken by any one of the former upon any one of the latter.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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).