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Definition of Truffle

1. Noun. Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe.

2. Noun. Edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber.

3. Noun. Creamy chocolate candy.

Definition of Truffle

1. n. Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. æstivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.

Definition of Truffle

1. Noun. any of various edible fungi, of the genus ''Tuber'', that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut ¹

2. Noun. a creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Truffle

1. an edible fungus [n -S] : TRUFFLED [adj]

Medical Definition of Truffle

1. Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish colour. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (T. Aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food. Truffle worm, the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious to truffles. Origin: OF. Trufle, F. Truffe; akin to Sp. Trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. Tuber a tumour, knob, truffle. Cf. Tuber, Trifle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Truffle

truelove knot trueloves truely trueman truemen trueness truenesses truepennies truepenny truer

trues truest truffe truffes trufficulture truffle (current term) truffle hog truffle hogs truffle oil truffle oils

truffled trufflelike truffles truffley truffling truffly trug trugg trugging-house trugging-houses

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