Truffle /(?; 277)/
Truf·fle
Truffle
n.
- Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the English truffle (Tuber aestivum) are much esteemed as articles of food.
Phrases & Compounds
- Truffle worm
- the larva of a fly of the genus Leiodes, injurious to truffles.