Meaning of TRUFFLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'truful
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- [n] creamy chocolate candy
- [n] edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
- [n] any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
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TRUFFLE is a 7 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Synonyms: | | chocolate truffle, earth-ball, earthnut, earthnut |
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| | See Also: | | candy, fungus, genus Tuber, Tuber, vegetable, veggie | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Truf"fle\ (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to
Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L.
tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.]
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi,
usually of a blackish color. The French truffle ({Tuber
melanosporum}) and the English truffle ({T. [ae]stivum}) are
much esteemed as articles of food.
{Truffle worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus
{Leiodes}, injurious to truffles.
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