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puffball

[ UK /pˈʌfbɔːl/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
  2. any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

How To Use puffball In A Sentence

  • From surreal puffball skirts to bulbous tops and slashed skirts, his clothes are not for the timid.
  • Allium aflatunense (native to Iran) has dense spherical umbels of starry lilac-purple flowers (the puffball effect) on stems two to three feet tall.
  • Gail agreed with the remainder of the fashion faux pas top ten, saving her most withering comments for shell suits and puffballs.
  • Her Quaker-inspired picnic clothing is casual and fun with puffball hemlines, ruched details and delicate embroidery all in bright shades of orange and light yellow.
  • There had been a puffball big enough for ten-pin bowling.
  • After the puffball has matured, the contents change into a brown, dustlike mass, and the top falls off; and it is then inedible. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)
  • This under ripe onion is harvested green, when the puffballs or blossoms are blooming.
  • Casual gardeners may envision low shrubs with puffball blooms in shades of pink and blue, but these so-called mophead hydrangeas—technically known as Hydrangea macrophylla—are only the most common varietal out there, and in my experience, aren't reliable bloomers. Hydrangeas' Fall Flower Show
  • If you're one of those people who likes to be right on trend, this is the must-buy, unless you're silly enough to wear a real puffball, also coming to a Topshop near you soon.
  • This class contains the mushrooms, shelf fungi, puffballs, and a variety of other macrofungi.
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