"puffball" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puffball.wav Forms: puffballs [plural]
Etymology: From puff + ball. Etymology templates: {{com|en|puff|ball}} puff + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} puffball (plural puffballs)
  1. Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae. Translations (any of various fungi): πέζις (pézis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), louf-bleiz [masculine] (Breton), puferig [masculine] (Breton), праханка (prahanka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pet de llop [masculine] (Catalan), pýchavka [feminine] (Czech), stuifzwam [masculine] (Dutch), murumuna (Estonian), tuhkelo (Finnish), vesse-de-loup [feminine] (French), Bofist [masculine] (German), Bovist [masculine] (German), Stäubling [masculine] (German), pöfeteg (Hungarian), béiceadán [masculine] (Irish), bolg béice [masculine] (Irish), bolgán béice [masculine] (Irish), vescia [feminine] (Italian), жаңбыршы (jañbyrşy) (Kazakh), pūpēdis [masculine] (Latvian), dotron' ch'edeltsene' (Lower Tanana), tūtaeatua (Māori), røksopp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), røyksopp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), røyksopp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), anang (Ojibwe), kurzawka [feminine] (Polish), purchawka [feminine] (Polish), bexiga-de-lobo [feminine] (Portuguese), bufa-de-lobo [feminine] (Portuguese), licoperdo [masculine] (Portuguese), bovist [masculine] (Romansch), дождеви́к (doždevík) [masculine] (Russian), де́душкин таба́к (déduškin tabák) [masculine] (Russian), balg-péiteach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), balg-smùid [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), balg-séididh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), prášivka [feminine] (Slovak), pedo de lobo [masculine] (Spanish), cuesco de lobo [masculine] (Spanish), röksvamp [common-gender] (Swedish), kurt mantarı (Turkish), toz mantarı (Turkish), puf mantarı (Turkish), duman mantarı (Turkish), osuruk mantarı (Turkish), coden fwg [feminine] (Welsh), chwysigen fwg [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. (by extension) Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies. Tags: broadly
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  3. A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.
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  4. (figurative) Something lacking substance. Tags: figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brain puffball (taxonomic: Calvatia craniiformis), brown puffball (taxonomic: Bovista nigrescens), common puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon perlatum), corkstar puffball (taxonomic: Mycenastrum corium), Curtis's puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon curtisii), dusky puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon nigrescens), dusty puffball (taxonomic: Bovista nigrescens), dwarf puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon dermoxanthum), false puffball (alt: Reticularia lycoperdon, syn. Enteridium lycoperdon, Hymenogastrales spp.), fen puffball (taxonomic: Bovista paludosa), flaky puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon mammiforme), gem-studded puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon perlatum), giant puffball (taxonomic: Calvatia gigantea), grassland puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon lividum), grey puffball (taxonomic: Bovista plumbea), gum puffball (taxonomic: Pisolithus arhizus), hard-skinned puffball (alt: Scleroderma spp.), lead-grey puffball (taxonomic: Bovista plumbea), long-spined puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon pulcherrimum), long-stemmed puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon excipuliforme), meadow puffball (alt: Lycopoerdon pratense), mosaic puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon utriforme), paltry puffball (taxonomic: Bovista pila), pear-shaped puffball (taxonomic: Apioperdon pyriforme), peeling puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon marginatum), pestle puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon excipuliforme), pigskin poison puffball (alt: Scleroderma citrinum), puffball beetle (taxonomic: Caenocara spp.), puffball skirt, puffball sponge (taxonomic: Oceanapia sagittaria), purple-spored puffball (taxonomic: Calvatia cyathiformis), sculpted puffball (taxonomic: Calvatia sculpta), sculptured puffball (taxonomic: Calbovista subsculpta), smoky puffball (alt: Handkea fumosa), smooth puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon molle), spiny puffball, spring puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon echinatum), stalked puffball (taxonomic: Tulostoma spp.), stump puffball (taxonomic: Apioperdon pyriforme), summer puffball (alt: Globaria aestivalis), true puffball (taxonomic: Bovista spp.), tumbling puffball (taxonomic: Bovista pila), umber-brown puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon umbrinum), warted puffball (taxonomic: Lycoperdon perlatum), winter stalk-puffball (taxonomic: Tulostoma brumale)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something lacking substance."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Something lacking substance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "louf-bleiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puferig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "prahanka",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "праханка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pet de llop"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pýchavka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stuifzwam"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "murumuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "tuhkelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vesse-de-loup"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bofist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bovist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stäubling"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "lang_code": "grc",
      "roman": "pézis",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πέζις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "pöfeteg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "béiceadán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bolg béice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bolgán béice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vescia"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "jañbyrşy",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "жаңбыршы"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pūpēdis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Māori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "tūtaeatua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "røksopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "røyksopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "røyksopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "lang_code": "oj",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "anang"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kurzawka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "purchawka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bexiga-de-lobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bufa-de-lobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "licoperdo"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "lang_code": "rm",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bovist"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "doždevík",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дождеви́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "déduškin tabák",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "де́душкин таба́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balg-péiteach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balg-smùid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balg-séididh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prášivka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pedo de lobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuesco de lobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "röksvamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "taa",
      "lang": "Lower Tanana",
      "lang_code": "taa",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "dotron' ch'edeltsene'"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "kurt mantarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "toz mantarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "puf mantarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "duman mantarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "word": "osuruk mantarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coden fwg"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "any of various fungi",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwysigen fwg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puffball"
}

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