puffball
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(noun) any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature |
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Synonyms: true puffball |
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Related Words: Calvatia gigantea, fungus, giant puffball |
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(noun) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies |
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Synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball |
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Related Words: Scleroderma aurantium, Scleroderma bovista, Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma flavidium, fungus, smooth earthball, star earthball |
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