About The Word Truffle
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Truffle
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What's The Definition Of Truffle?
[n] creamy chocolate candy
[n] edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber [n] any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe Synonyms | Synonyms for Truffle: chocolate truffle | earth-ball | earthnut | earthnut Related Terms | Find terms related to Truffle: See Also | candy | fungus | genus Tuber | Tuber | vegetable | veggie Truffle In Webster's Dictionary \Truf"fle\ (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to
Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L.
tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.]
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi,
usually of a blackish color. The French truffle ({Tuber
melanosporum}) and the English truffle ({T. [ae]stivum}) are
much esteemed as articles of food.
{Truffle worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus
{Leiodes}, injurious to truffles.
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