Definition of Scleroderma bovista

1. Noun. 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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Scleroderma Bovista

Sciurus carolinensis
Sciurus griseus
Sciurus hudsonicus
Sciurus niger
Sciurus vulgaris
Sclav
Sclavic
Sclavism
Sclavonian
Sclavonians
Sclavonic
Sclavs
Scleranthus
Scleranthus annuus
Scleroderma aurantium
Scleroderma bovista (current term)
Scleroderma citrinum
Scleroderma flavidium
Sclerodermataceae
Sclerodermatales
Scleroparei
Sclerostoma
Sclerotiniaceae
Scobey
Scolopacidae
Scolopax
Scolopax rusticola
Scolopendrium nigripes
Scolymus
Scolymus hispanicus

Literary usage of Scleroderma bovista

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"that it is regularly sold as an article of food in the Indian bazaars. The same pasture is often dotted with another puff-ball. Scleroderma bovista, Fr. ..."

2. Bulletin de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique (1906)
"... et qui est une reproduction de la troisième figure coloriée, on peut hésiter entre Scleroderma bovista Pries et Scleroderma verrucosum (Vaill. ..."

3. Bulletins de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique by Société royale de botanique de Belgique (1907)
"... et qui est une reproduction de la troisième figure coloriée, on peut hésiter entre Scleroderma bovista Pries et Scleroderma verrucosum (Vaill. ..."

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