About The Word Puffball

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Puffball

Puffball Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Puffball?
[n] any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
[n] any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature Synonyms | Synonyms for Puffball: earthball | false truffle | hard-skinned puffball | true puffball Related Terms | Find terms related to Puffball: See Also | Calvatia gigantea | family Lycoperdaceae | fungus | genus Scleroderma | giant puffball | Lycoperdaceae | Scleroderma | Scleroderma aurantium | Scleroderma bovista | Scleroderma citrinum | Scleroderma flavidium | smooth earthball | star earthball Puffball In Webster's Dictionary \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus ({Lycoperdon giganteum}, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also {bullfist}, {bullfice}, {puckfist},
{puff}, and {puffin}.
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