Definition of puffball
:any of various globose and often edible fungi (especially family Lycoperdaceae) that discharge mature spores in a smokelike cloud when pressed or struck
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The rescue has already bestowed some of the new names on its resident puffballs: there is Popchop, Fuzzable, Buzzberry, After Pie, Fleury White, Stargoon, Hanger Dan, and last but certainly not least, Princess Pow.
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The puffball tree absorbs chlorine from the air and sodium through its roots and creates salt that animals get from the leaves.
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Northern Hemisphere observers can catch this comet floating through the constellation Aquarius very low in the pre-dawn skies, looking like a tiny puffball hanging in the morning twilight.
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Though Sony’s been branding portable audio with the Walkman name for 30 years, their latest products ditched cassettes and puffball headphones for MP3, video and Bluetooth.
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First Known Use of puffball
1649
Medical Dictionary
puffball
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noun
puff·ball
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medical Definition of puffball
:any of various globose and often edible fungi (especially family Lycoperdaceae) that discharge ripe spores in a smokelike cloud when pressed or struck
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