Lycoperdon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lycoperdon \Ly`co*per"don\, prop. n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ?
     to break wind.] (Bot.)
     A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of
     spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke
     when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.
     [1913 Webster] Lycopersicon



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Lycoperdon
       n : genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base
           consisting of spongy mycelium [syn: {genus Lycoperdon}]