"white truffle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white truffles [plural]
Etymology: white + truffle from being a truffle with a lightish appearance, lighter than that of black truffles Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|truffle}} white + truffle Head templates: {{en-noun}} white truffle (plural white truffles)
  1. A truffle of species Tuber magnatum, most commonly from the Piedmont region of Italy, lighter in color than black truffles, similarly prized as a culinary ingredient. Categories (lifeform): Pezizales order fungi Translations (species of truffle): tartufo bianco (Italian), vit tryffel (Swedish), albatryffel (Swedish)

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