truffle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: truffle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for truffle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
truffle n any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe Synonym(s): truffle, earthnut, earth-ball edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber Synonym(s): truffle, earthnut creamy chocolate candy Synonym(s): truffle, chocolate truffle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [91]stivum}) are much esteemed as articles of food. {Truffle worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a fly of the genus {Leiodes}, injurious to truffles.