— 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 ]