TRUFFLE


Meaning of TRUFFLE in English

— truffled , adj.

/truf"euhl, trooh"feuhl/ , n.

1. any of several subterranean, edible, ascomycetous fungi of the genus Tuber.

2. any of various similar fungi of other genera.

3. a candy made of soft chocolate, shaped into a ball and dusted with cocoa, or sometimes a three-layered cube of light and dark chocolate.

[ 1585-95; truffel ( e ) truffle, truffe trufa tufera, * tufer, prob. tuber TUBER 1 ]

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