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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 ({T. [ae]stivum}) are
much esteemed as articles of food.
{Truffle worm} (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus
{Leiodes}, injurious to truffles.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
truffle
n 1: any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of
the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
[syn: {earthnut}, {earth-ball}]
2: edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber [syn: {earthnut}]
3: creamy chocolate candy [syn: {chocolate truffle}]
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