TRIPHYSITE
\tɹˈɪfɪzˌa͡ɪt], \tɹˈɪfɪzˌaɪt], \t_ɹ_ˈɪ_f_ɪ_z_ˌaɪ_t]\
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trif'i-s[=i]t, n. one of a Spanish sect of the 7th century who maintained the existence of three natures in Christ--the human, the divine, and a third resulting from the union of the other two. [Gr. treis, three, physis, nature.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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).