Definition of Truffle. Meaning of Truffle. Synonyms of Truffle

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Definition of Truffle

Truffle
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.

Meaning of Truffle from wikipedia

- A truffle is the fruiting body of a subterranean ascomycete fungus, one of the species of the genus Tuber. More than one hundred other genera of fungi...
- Truffle oil is a modern culinary ingredient used to impart the flavor and aroma of truffles to a dish. The ingredient is commonly used as a finishing...
- chocolate truffle is handrolled into a spherical or ball shape. The name derives from the chocolate truffle's similarity in appearance to truffles, a tuber...
- Magic truffles are the sclerotia of psilocybin mushrooms that are not technically the same as "mushrooms". They are m****es of mycelium that contain the...
- Look up truffle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The truffle is the edible body of fungi in the genus Tuber. Truffle or Truffles may also refer to:...
- false truffle or a hymenogastrale is any species of fungus that has underground fruiting bodies that produce basidiocarps resembling the true truffles of...
- Tuber magnatum, the white truffle (Italian: tartufo bianco d'Alba), is a species of truffle in the order Pezizales and family Tuberaceae. It is found...
- Tuber melanosporum, called the black truffle, Périgord truffle or French black truffle, is a species of truffle native to Southern Europe. It is one of...
- A truffle hog is any domestic pig used for locating and extracting the fruit bodies of the fungi known as truffles from temperate forests in Europe and...
- Truffle butter is a compound butter made with butter combined with other ingredients, including truffles or synthetic truffle flavorings such as 2,4-dithiapentane...