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Definition of False truffle

1. Noun. Any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle.

2. Noun. Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles.

Definition of False truffle

1. Noun. Any of various fungi that have underground fruiting bodies which resemble truffles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of False Truffle

false scorpion false shower false showers false signal false smut false start false statement false step false steps false strawberry

false suture false tamarisk false teeth false topaz false trevally false truffle (current term) false truffles false vampire false vampire bat false verdict

false vertebrae false vocal cord false vocal fold false wintergreen false witness falsecard falsecarded falsecarding falsecards falsed

Literary usage of False truffle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Scleroderma vulgäre, the "false truffle," is extremely common on the surface of the ground in woods, and is gathered by Italians and Frenchmen in ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... the " false truffle," is extremely common on the surface of the ground in woods, and is gathered by Italians and Frenchmen in Epping Forest for the ..."

3. Food and Flavor: A Gastronomic Guide to Health and Good Living by Henry Theophilus Finck (1913)
"An English writer says that the "false truffle" (Scleroderma vulgare) "is extremely common on the surface of the ground ..."

4. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"... boiled and eaten as a sauce with porridge — and possesses a sweetish acid taste. A false truffle (mentioned as a variety of the European Melanogaster ..."

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