- puffball puff·ball n
- ['pʌfˌbɔːl]
(mushroom) vescia
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puffball puff·ball n
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puff|ball — «PUHF BL», noun. 1. any one of various kinds of ball shaped fungi that look somewhat like a mushroom and give off a dark cloud of tiny spores if suddenly broken when mature; devil s snuffbox. Immature puffballs are good to eat. 2. Figurative.… … Useful english dictionary
puff-ball — see puffball … English dictionary
Puffball — Puff ball , n. (Bot.) 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}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puff — Puffball Puff ball , n. (Bot.) 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}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puffball — puff|ball [ˈpʌfbo:l US bo:l] n a type of round white ↑fungus that bursts to send out its seeds … Dictionary of contemporary English
puffball — puff|ball [ pʌf,bɔl ] noun count a round brown FUNGUS that lets out seeds through an opening in its top … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
puffball — puff•ball [[t]ˈpʌfˌbɔl[/t]] n. fng 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 … From formal English to slang
puffball — [[t]pʌ̱fbɔːl[/t]] puffballs also puff ball N COUNT A puffball is a round fungus which bursts when it is ripe and sends a cloud of seeds into the air … English dictionary
puffball — SYN: Lycoperdon. * * * puff·ball pəf .bȯl n any of various globose and often edible fungi (esp. family Lycoperdaceae) that discharge ripe spores in a smokelike cloud when pressed or struck … Medical dictionary
puff — puffingly, adv. /puf/, n. 1. a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. 2. an abrupt emission of air, smoke, vapor, etc. 3. an act of inhaling and exhaling, as on a cigarette or pipe; whiff. 4. the sound of an abrupt emission of air, vapor, etc … Universalium
puffball — /puf bawl /, n. any of various basidiomycetous fungi, esp. of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken. [1640 50; PUFF + BALL1] * * * Any of various fungi (see… … Universalium
