EARTH-BALL
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)
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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