HyperDic: true_puffball

English > 1 sense of the expression true puffball:
NOUNplanttrue puffball, puffballany of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
English > true puffball: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.
Synonympuffball
Member ofLycoperdaceae, family LycoperdaceaeA fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales
Narrowergiant puffball, Calvatia giganteahuge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight
BroaderfungusAn organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter
Spanishpedo
Catalanpet de bou, pet de llop

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