HyperDic: earthball

English > 1 sense of the word earthball:
NOUNplantearthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffballany of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
English > earthball: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
Synonymsfalse truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball
Member ofScleroderma, genus Sclerodermagenus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies
NarrowerScleroderma bovista, smooth earthballAn earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young / young but developing cracks when mature
Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma aurantiumAn earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior
Scleroderma flavidium, star earthballAn earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand
BroaderfungusAn organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter

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