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Truffle

Truffle Meaning & Definition
Truffle Definition And Meaning

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

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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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