puffball
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puffball
- /ˈpʌfˌbɔːl/
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From puff + ball.
noun puffballs
- Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.
- Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
- A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
- Something lacking substance. Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.
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noun any of various fungi
| Español | pedo de lobo, cuesco de lobo |
|---|---|
| Português | bexiga-de-lobo, bufa-de-lobo, licoperdo |
| Français | vesse-de-loup |
| Deutsch | Bofist, Bovist, Stäubling |
| Italiano | vescia |
| Русский | дождеви́к doždevík, де́душкин таба́к déduškin tabák |
Talk about this word "puffball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/puffball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. puffball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/puffball "puffball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/puffball.
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@misc{puffball_2026,
title = {puffball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puffball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
