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 Definitions of puffball  [ˈpʌfˌbɔl]  

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Definition of 'puffball' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) puffball
any of various globular stalkless fungi, of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, that emit a cloud of spores when pressed or broken.

Etymology:  (1640–50)

Definition of 'puffball' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) puffball, true puffball
any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

2. (noun) earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball
any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles


Definition of 'puffball' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) puffball
a kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin



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