ALL meanings of puffball
puff·ball
P p - noun puffball round mushroom 1
- noun puffball any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken. 1
- countable noun puffball A puffball is a round fungus which bursts when it is ripe and sends a cloud of seeds into the air. 0
- noun puffball any of various basidiomycetous saprotrophic fungi of the genera Calvatia and Lycoperdon, having a round fruiting body that discharges a cloud of brown spores when mature 0
- noun puffball any of various round basidiomycetous fungi (esp. order Lycoperdales) that burst at the touch, when mature, and discharge a brown powder 0