SECRETIVE
\sˈiːkɹətˌɪv], \sˈiːkɹətˌɪv], \s_ˈiː_k_ɹ_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
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Given to concealment; close-mouthed; in physiology, causing, or promoting, secretion; as, a secretive gland.
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Secretiveness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Secretiveness.
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Producing secretion.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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).