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puffball
(encz) | puffball,pýchavka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Puffball
(gcide) | Puffball \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
(wn) | puffball
n 1: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose
round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when
mature [syn: puffball, true puffball]
2: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-
skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
[syn: earthball, false truffle, puffball, {hard-skinned
puffball}] |
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giant puffball
(encz) | giant puffball, n: |
hard-skinned puffball
(encz) | hard-skinned puffball, n: |
puffball
(encz) | puffball,pýchavka n: Zdeněk Brož |
puffballs
(encz) | puffballs,pýchavky n: pl. Jirka Daněk |
stalked puffball
(encz) | stalked puffball, n: |
true puffball
(encz) | true puffball, n: |
Giant puffball
(gcide) | Giant \Gi"ant\, a.
Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as,
giant brothers; a giant son.
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Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax.
Giant clam (Zool.), a bivalve shell of the genus
Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500
pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to
contain holy water.
Giant heron (Zool.), a very large African heron ({Ardeomega
goliath}). It is the largest heron known.
Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found
in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole.
Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin.
Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum),
edible when young, and when dried used for stanching
wounds.
Giant salamander (Zool.), a very large aquatic salamander
(Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the
largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long.
Giant squid (Zool.), one of several species of very large
squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera.
Some are over forty feet long.
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giant puffball
(wn) | giant puffball
n 1: huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in
weight [syn: giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea] |
hard-skinned puffball
(wn) | hard-skinned puffball
n 1: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-
skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
[syn: earthball, false truffle, puffball, {hard-
skinned puffball}] |
puffball
(wn) | puffball
n 1: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose
round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when
mature [syn: puffball, true puffball]
2: any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-
skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
[syn: earthball, false truffle, puffball, {hard-skinned
puffball}] |
stalked puffball
(wn) | stalked puffball
n 1: mushroom of the genus Tulostoma that resembles a puffball
2: a variety of Podaxaceae |
true puffball
(wn) | true puffball
n 1: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose
round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when
mature [syn: puffball, true puffball] |
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