puffball

noun

any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

Roots

ball-ball · Old Norse · ball

Synonyms for puffball

toadstooln mushroomn fungusn

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