MANTUA
\mˈantjuːə], \mˈantjuːə], \m_ˈa_n_t_j_uː_ə]\
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A woman's cloak or mantle; also, a woman's gown.
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A superior kind of rich silk formerly exported from in Italy.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
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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).