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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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

truffle n 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]