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noun
Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Something lacking substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fungus
Narrower terms: Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma aurantium, Scleroderma flavidium, star earthball, Scleroderma bovista, smooth earthball
noun
any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: true puffball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fungus
Narrower terms: giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea
History
From puff + ball.
Across languages
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
