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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae..
Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.
Use puffball when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Puffball means Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae..
Common synonyms include earthball, false truffle, true puffball, hard-skinned puffball.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.
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