Blackfellow-s-bread
the edible portion of a species of pore fungus, Polyporus mylittae, that occurs in Australia.
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pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries b.c., chiefly characterized by silhouetted figures painted in black slip on a red clay body, details incised into the design, and a two-dimensional structure of form and space. Historical Examples Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice […]
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