Look up: Puffball

1. puffball
   Ball-shaped fruiting body of certain fungi (see fungus) that cracks open when it ripens, releasing the enclosed spores in the form of a brown powder; for example, the common puffball (L. perlatum). (Genera Lycoperdon and Calvatia.)
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2. puffball
   [n] - any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
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3. Puffball
   Puff'ball` noun (Botany) A kind of ball-shaped fungus ( Lycoperdon giganteum , and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist , bullfice , puckfist , puff , and puffin .
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4. puffball
   <botany> A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe. ... Synonym: bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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5. puffball
   true puffball noun any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
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6. Puffball
   • (n.) A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist, puff, and puffin.
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7. puffball
   (from the article `fungus`) ...and completely invisible to the unaided eye; others are no larger than a pin head; still others are gigantic structures. Among the largest ... family of fungi in the order Agaricales (phylum Basidiomycota, kingdom Fungi) that includes about 160 species, among them earthstars and puffballs, ... [2 relat...
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8. puffball
   puffball or smokeball,fungus in which the aboveground portion is typically a stemless brownish sac with an opening at the top through which issues the dustlike mass of ripe spores. The common puffball is Lycoperdon gemmatum. The giant puffball (L. giganteum) may reach a diameter of 1 ft (30 cm) or m...
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9. puffball
   Type: Term Pronunciation: pŭf′bawl Synonyms: Lycoperdon
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10. Puffball
    A `puffball` is a member of many groups of fungus in the division Basidiomycota. The puffballs were previously treated as a taxonomic group called the Gasteromycetes or Gasteromycetidae, but they are now known to be a polyphyletic assemblage. Their distinguishing feature is that they have `gaster...
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11. Puffball
    (film) `Puffball` is a 2007 supernatural drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is based on the novel by Fay Weldon adapted by her son Dan Weldon. The film was partially funded through the UK Film Council`s New Cinema Fund. The film had its premiere at the 2007 Montreal Film Festival....
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12. Puffball
    (novel) `Puffball` is a 1980 novel by Fay Weldon, which was made into a film in 2007, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Donald Sutherland, Miranda Richardson and Rita Tushingham. Although set in rural England the film was filmed & set in the county of Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. External links:
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