Found 2 items, similar to Truffle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: truffle
truffle
n 1: any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of
the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
[syn:
earthnut,
earth-ball]
2: edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber [syn:
earthnut]
3: creamy chocolate candy [syn:
chocolate truffle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Truffle
Truffle
\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 (
Tuber [ae]stivum)
are much esteemed as articles of food.
[1913 Webster]
Truffle worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus
Leiodes, injurious to truffles.
[1913 Webster]