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Definition of truffle

What does truffle mean?

noun

any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
- synonyms: earth-ball / earthnut
- more generic: fungus = an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter
- member of: genus Tuber / Tuber = type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles
edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber
- synonym: earthnut
- more generic: veg / vegetable / veggie = edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
creamy chocolate candy
- synonym: chocolate truffle
- more generic: candy / confect = a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Alternative definition

noun

any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut
a creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder

Food

Truffle: A truffle is the fruiting body of a subterranean mushroom; spore dispersal is accomplished through fungivores, animals that eat fungi. Almost all truffles are ectomycorrhizal and are therefore usually found in close association with trees.

also known as Fungi, Cloud ears, dried

Group

Truffle is a musical group.

albums: "That's Right", "Out Loud", "Nervous Laughter"

Character

Truffle is a fictional character from the 1999 anime TV series Trouble Chocolate.

Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions about truffle

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Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine (1855)

The common Truffle is a sort of fungus grow □ ing entirely under ground ; it is sometimes called the ground mushroom. There are several kinds, but the eatable one, of which we shall give some account, is the most remarkable. — Its form is ...

Produce (2010)

Identification, Fabrication, Utilization by Brad Matthews, Paul Wigsten

The truffle is the gem of the forest. No fungi are more prized for their...

Fatsin Food Technology (2002)

by Kanes K. Rajah

The European truffle contains syrup combined with cocoa powder, milk powder, fat. sugar, glucose syrup and invert sugar. The final truffle is an oil- in-water emulsion adjusted to ...

Jacques Pepin Celebrates (2001)

A truffle is a subterranean mushroom that grows through the root systems ofcertain trees. in $_\'l11l\lo$l$ with the host tret—primaril_\' oaks, hazelnuts. and elms. Truffles mature in 6 to I0 years and are usually found a trained dog or sow.

The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (1838)

by Charles Knight

[March 10, 1838 The common Truffle is a sort of fungus growing entirely under ground ; it is sometimes called the ground mushroom. There are several kinds, hut the eatahle one, of which we shall give some account, is the most remarkable .

The young folks' cyclopaedia of common things (1896)

by John Denison Champlin

The Truffle is a kind of fungus which grows underground like the potato. Truffles are mostly found in woods, usually where oak, ...

Mansfeld's World Manual of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops (2001)

by R. Büttner

Perigord truffle, black truffle; ...

International Dictionary of Food & Cooking (1998)

by Charles Gordon Sinclair

yellow and green leaves [also called spineless amaranthl Chinese truffle A truffle Tuher himalayense indistinguishahle from the French hlack truffle except hy taste and smell, hut heing imported into Europe and, ...

The Visual Food Encyclopedia

by QA International Collectif

Truffle Tuber spp., Tuberales 314 T ruffles are hard-to-find edible fungi that grow on the roots of trees, particularly oaks. For a long time, experts had trouble deciding how they grew and how to classify them. People used to believe that truffles ...

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1824)

Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-gardening, Including All the Latest Improvements; a General History of Gardening in All Countries; and a Statistical View of Its Present State, with Suggestions for Its Future Progress in the British Isles by John Claudius Loudon

The truffle is a subterraneous fungus, growing naturally some inches below the surface in different parts of Britain ; and very common in the downs of Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Kent, where dogs are trained to scent it out The dogs point out the ...

Chambers's encyclopaedia (1905)

a dictionary of universal knowledge by David Patrick, William Geddie

TRUJILLO TRUMPETER 311 '□it "- '□ , Truffle {Tuber cestivum). numerous ; they are very generally diffused in temperate parts of the world ; they are...

Common Truffle ( T. cestivum) ) is of a black colour, and has a warty surface. It is the ...

The New standard encyclopedia (1907)

by William A. Colledge, Nathan Haskell Dole, George Jotham Hagar

The common truffle (T. wativum) is of a black color, and has a warty surface. It is the principal species sold in the...

The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1894)

a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature

The common Italian truffle, T. magna- turn is pallid ochreous or brownish buff in color, smooth or minutely papillose, irregularly globose, and...

It is a winter truffle, and is found chiefly under oaks and abele trees from October to December.

The New International Encyclopaedia (1904)

by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby

TRUFFLE (OF. trufie, trufe, trufie, Fr. truffe, truffle, perhaps from Lat. tubera, neu. pl., but taken as fem. sg. of tuber, swelling, tumor, tuber), Tuber. A genus of...

The common truffle (Tuber cibarium) is black, and has a roughened surface. Its size ...