Earth-ball

3 definitions found

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

  earthball \earth"ball`\ n.
     any of various fungi of the genus {Scleroderma} having
     hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies.
  
     Syn: earth-ball, false truffle.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  earth-ball
       n : any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of
           the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
           [syn: {truffle}, {earthnut}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  earthball
       n : any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having
           hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling
           truffles [syn: {false truffle}, {puffball}, {hard-skinned
           puffball}]