TOPARCH
\tˈɒpɑːk], \tˈɒpɑːk], \t_ˈɒ_p_ɑː_k]\
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By Noah Webster.
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t[=o]'pärk, n. the ruler or principal man in a place: the governor of a toparchy.--n. T[=O]'PARCHY, a small state or government consisting of only a few cities: command in a small state or subdivision of a country. [Gr. toparch[=e]s--topos, a place, archein, to rule--arch[=e], beginning.]
By Thomas Davidson
Word of the day
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).