puff·ball /ˈpʌfˌbɔl/
塵菌,羽狀實
puff·ball /ˈpəfˌbɔl/ 名詞
馬勃
Puff·ball n. Bot. 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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puffball
n 1: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round
fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
[syn: true puffball]
2: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having
hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling
truffles [syn: earthball, false truffle, hard-skinned
puffball]