English Explanatory Dictionary

puffball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
  2. Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
  3. A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
  4. Something lacking substance.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puffball.wav

Word forms

puffball puffballs

Etymology

From puff + ball.

Derived words

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