TANG
\tˈaŋ], \tˈaŋ], \t_ˈa_ŋ]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Greek] A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself;- relish ; taste ;-something that leaves a sting or pain behind;-a sound; tone; -the tongue of a bell ;-the loose end of a cord or strap ;-the projecting end of chisels and similar tools by which they are inserted in a handle or other part.
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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).