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English 2 senses of the word puffball:
NOUNplantpuffball, true puffballany of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
plantpuffball, earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffballany of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
Englishpuffball: 2 senses noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.
Synonymtrue puffball
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
Englishpuffball: 2 senses noun 2, plant
MeaningAny of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
Synonymsearthball, false truffle, 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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