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English noun: puffball | |||
| 1. | puffball (plant) any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature | ||
| Synonyms | true puffball | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fungus | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Calvatia gigantea, giant puffball | ||
| Member meronym | family Lycoperdaceae, Lycoperdaceae | ||
| 2. | puffball (plant) any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles | ||
| Synonyms | earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned puffball | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fungus | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Scleroderma aurantium, Scleroderma bovista, Scleroderma citrinum, Scleroderma flavidium, smooth earthball, star earthball | ||
| Member meronym | genus Scleroderma, Scleroderma | ||
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