puffball

puff·ball

 (pŭf′bôl′)

n.

1. Any of various fungi chiefly of the family Lycoperdaceae, having a ball-shaped fruiting body that when pressed or struck releases clouds of small spores.

2. Informal The rounded head of a dandelion that has gone to seed.

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puffball

(ˈpʌfˌbɔːl)

n

(Plants) any of various basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of the genera Calvatia and Lycoperdon, having a round fruiting body that discharges a cloud of brown spores when mature

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puff•ball

(ˈpʌfˌbɔl)

n.

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

[1640–50]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	puffball - any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature true puffball fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia family Lycoperdaceae, Lycoperdaceae - a fungus family belonging to the order Lycoperdales; includes puffballs Calvatia gigantea, giant puffball - huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight
	2.	puffball - any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles earthball, hard-skinned puffball, false truffle genus Scleroderma, Scleroderma - genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles Scleroderma aurantium, Scleroderma citrinum - an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts Scleroderma flavidium, star earthball - an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel Scleroderma bovista, smooth earthball - an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia

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Translations

vescia

puffball

[ˈpʌfbɔːl] N → bejín m, pedo m de lobo

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puffball

puff-ball [ˈpʌfbɔːl] n (= fungus) → vesse-de-loup f

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puffball

[ˈpʌfˌbɔːl] n (mushroom) → vescia

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