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Puffball

noun
1.
Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature.  Synonym: true puffball.
2.
Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.  Synonyms: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball.



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Words linked to "Puffball" :   smooth earthball, Scleroderma bovista, Scleroderma citrinum, star earthball, Calvatia gigantea, scleroderma, Lycoperdaceae, Scleroderma flavidium, genus Scleroderma, family Lycoperdaceae, fungus, Scleroderma aurantium


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