false truffle

Questions about false truffle

What does false truffle mean?

false truffle means "any of various fungi of the family Rhizopogonaceae having subterranean fruiting bodies similar to the truffle". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for false truffle?

Close synonyms include earthball, puffball, hard-skinned puffball. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is false truffle a common word?

false truffle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.