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puffball

noun

Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

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8
Starts with
P
Ends with
L
Contains
UF
Scrabble score
18

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noun

  1. Any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles

noun

  1. Any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

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