Definition of Puffball

1. Noun. Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.

Exact synonyms: True Puffball
Generic synonyms: Fungus
Group relationships: Family Lycoperdaceae, Lycoperdaceae
Specialized synonyms: Calvatia Gigantea, Giant Puffball

2. Noun. Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.

Definition of Puffball

1. n. 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.

Definition of Puffball

1. Noun. Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Puffball

1. any of various globular fungi [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puffball

puff-legs
puff-pastry
puff adder
puff batter
puff of air
puff out
puff paste
puff pastries
puff pastry
puff piece
puff pieces
puff the magic dragon
puff up
puffadder
puffadders
puffball (current term)
puffbird
puffbirds
puffed
puffed-rice
puffed out
puffed rice
puffed up
puffed wheat
puffer
pufferbellies
pufferbelly
pufferfish
pufferfishes

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