earthball (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *earthball*:
NOUN	plant	earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball	any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

English > *earthball*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
Synonyms	false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball
Member of	Scleroderma, genus Scleroderma	genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies
Narrower	Scleroderma bovista, smooth earthball	An earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young / young but developing cracks when mature
	Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma aurantium	An earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior
	Scleroderma flavidium, star earthball	An earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand
Broader	fungus	An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter

HyperDic: earthball