puffball

Meaning

  1. Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies.
  2. A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
  3. (figuratively) Something lacking substance.

Synonyms

earthball

hard-skinned puffball

true puffball

ball fist

devil’s snuffbox

Translations

kurtmantarı

stuifzwam

Bovista

bufa-de-lobo

μανιτάρι

Etymology

From puff + ball.

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