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EARTH-BALL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does earth-ball mean?

• EARTH-BALL (noun)
The noun EARTH-BALL has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: EARTH-BALL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EARTH-BALL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

earth-ball; earthnut; truffle

Hypernyms ("earth-ball" is a kind of...):

fungus (a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores)

Holonyms ("earth-ball" is a member of...):

genus Tuber; Tuber (type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles)

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