Definitions for: Truffle

[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

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: chocolate truffle, earth-ball, earthnut, earthnut

See Also: candy, fungus, genus Tuber, Tuber, vegetable, veggie

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