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truffle

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtrʌf^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtrʌfəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(truf′əl, tro̅o̅′fəl)

truf•fle /ˈtrʌfəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Fungian edible fungus that grows underground.
Fooda ball-shaped candy of soft chocolate with cocoa.

truf•fle (truf′əl, tro̅o̅′fəl),USA pronunciation n.

Fungiany of several subterranean, edible, ascomycetous fungi of the genus Tuber.
Fungiany of various similar fungi of other genera.
Fooda candy made of soft chocolate, shaped into a ball and dusted with cocoa, or sometimes a three-layered cube of light and dark chocolate.

an Osco-Umbrian cognate of Latin tūber tuber¹
Late Latin tūfera, *tūfer, probably
Old Provencal trufa
Middle French truffle, truffe
Dutch truffel(e)
1585–95

truf′fled, adj.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

truffle /ˈtrʌf^əl/ n

Also called: earthnut any of various edible saprotrophic ascomycetous subterranean fungi of the European genus Tuber. They have a tuberous appearance and are regarded as a delicacy
chiefly Brit a chocolate sweet resembling this fungus in shape

Etymology: 16th Century: from French truffe, from Old Provençal trufa, ultimately from Latin tūber

tu•ber¹ /ˈtubɚ, ˈtyu-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Botanya thick, fleshy underground stem, as a potato.

tu•ber•ous, adj.

tu•ber¹ (to̅o̅′bər, tyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n.

Botanya fleshy, usually oblong or rounded thickening or outgrowth, as the potato, of a subterranean stem or shoot, bearing minute scalelike leaves with buds or eyes in their axils from which new plants may arise.
Anatomya rounded swelling or protuberance;
a tuberosity;
a tubercle.

Latin tūber bump, swelling. Compare truffle
1660–70

tu′ber•less, adj.
tu′ber•oid′, adj.

tub•er² (to̅o̅′bər, tyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n.

a person or thing that forms, installs, or operates with tubes.
SportAlso called inner-tuber. a person who participates in the sport of tubing.

tube + -er¹ 1920–25

'truffle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

earthnut - hydnocarpic acid - truffe - tuber - white truffle

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