Defenition of the word puffball

• Defenition of the word puffball

  • any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies
  • any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
  • any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

Synonyms for the word puffball

• • earthball
  • false truffle
  • hard-skinned puffball
  • true puffball

Meronymys for the word puffball

• • family Lycoperdaceae
  • genus Scleroderma
  • Lycoperdaceae
  • Scleroderma

Hyponyms for the word puffball

• • Calvatia gigantea
  • giant puffball
  • Scleroderma aurantium
  • Scleroderma bovista
  • Scleroderma citrinum
  • Scleroderma flavidium
  • smooth earthball
  • star earthball

Hypernyms for the word puffball

• • fungus

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