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Detailed Synonyms for puffball in English

puffball:

puffball [the ~] noun

  1. the puffball
    – any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles 1
    the puffball; the false truffle; the hard-skinned puffball; the earthball
    – any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles 1
  2. the puffball
    – any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature 1
    the true puffball; the puffball
    – any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature 1

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Related Definitions for "puffball":

  1. any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles1
  2. any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature1

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