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    HARD-SKINNED PUFFBALL

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling trufflesplay

    Synonyms:

    earthball; false truffle; hard-skinned puffball; puffball

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("hard-skinned puffball" is a kind of...):

    fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hard-skinned puffball"):

    Scleroderma aurantium; Scleroderma citrinum (an earthball fungus that is a dingy brownish yellow and a dark purplish interior; the peridium is covered with a pattern of small warts)

    Scleroderma flavidium; star earthball (an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel)

    Scleroderma bovista; smooth earthball (an earthball with a peridium that is firm dry and smooth when young but developing cracks when mature; pale orange-yellow when young and reddish brown at maturity)

    Holonyms ("hard-skinned puffball" is a member of...):

    genus Scleroderma; Scleroderma (genus of poisonous fungi having hard-skinned fruiting bodies: false truffles)

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