Puffball
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Puffball is a noun meaning (by extension) Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
Meaning
(by extension) Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
More Meanings
- A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
- (figurative) Something lacking substance.
- Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
Example Sentences
Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.
Word Forms
- puffballs
Synonyms for puffball
Depending on context, synonyms include earthball.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include earthball, mushroom, statismospore, smut-ball, stalkball, umbo.
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