Search Result for "truffle":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe;
[syn: truffle, earthnut, earth-ball]
2. edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber;
[syn: truffle, earthnut]
3. creamy chocolate candy;
[syn: truffle, chocolate truffle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Truffle \Truf"fle\ (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. Tuber, Trifle.] Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (Tuber aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food. [1913 Webster] Truffle worm (Zool.), the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious to truffles. [1913 Webster]
