false truffle

noun

Any of various fungi that have underground fruiting bodies which resemble truffles.

Similar
earthballpuffballhard-skinned puffball

Meanings

nounfalse truffle (plural false truffles)

plural false truffles

  1. Any of various fungi that have underground fruiting bodies which resemble truffles.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

Similar
earthballpuffballhard-skinned puffball
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

false truffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/false%20truffle

MLA

“false truffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/false%20truffle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “false truffle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/false%20truffle.

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