puffball (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *puffball*:
NOUN	plant	puffball, true puffball	any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
plant	puffball, earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball	any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

English > *puffball*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.
Synonym	true puffball
Member of	Lycoperdaceae, family Lycoperdaceae	A fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales
Narrower	giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea	huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight
Broader	fungus	An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter
Spanish	pedo
Catalan	pet de bou, pet de llop

English > *puffball*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.
Synonyms	earthball, false truffle, 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

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