Meaning Of The Word Puffball

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puffball
countable noun: A puffball is a round fungus which bursts when it is ripe and sends a cloud of seeds into the air.

puffball in American English
any of various round basidiomycetous fungi (esp. order Lycoperdales) that burst at the touch, when mature, and discharge a brown powder
noun: any of various basidiomycetous fungi, esp. of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken

puffball in British English
noun: any of various basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of the genera Calvatia and Lycoperdon, having a round fruiting body that discharges a cloud of brown spores when mature

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