puffball

[ puhf-bawl ]

/ ˈpʌfˌbɔl /

noun

any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.

Origin of puffball

First recorded in 1640–50; puff + ball¹

Words nearby puffball

puff adder, puff paste, puff pastry, puff piece, puff-puff, puffball, puffbird, puffed-up, puffer, puffery, puffin

Example sentences from the Web for puffball

Some one had once aptly described her as a hedgehog with the protective mimicry of a puffball.

When William Came |Saki
It is called the puffball in English, but its French name is the vesse-de-loup.

The Life of the Fly |J. Henri Fabre
In a night a puffball will grow prodigiously, and in the same short period a mass of paste may be covered with mould.

Fungi: Their Nature and Uses |Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
A hail of tiny bullets rattled against the panel, and exploded, each in a puffball of flame.

Pirates of the Gorm |Nat Schachner

The puffball very quickly increased in size and weight so that it was all the turtle could bear.

Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) |Melvin Randolph Gilmore

British Dictionary definitions for puffball

puffball

/ (ˈpʌfˌbɔːl) /

noun

any of various basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of the genera Calvatia and Lycoperdon, having a round fruiting body that discharges a cloud of brown spores when mature

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puffball

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British Dictionary definitions for puffball

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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puffball

noun

Origin of puffball

Words nearby puffball

Example sentences from the Web for puffball

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