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truffle 音標拼音: [tr'ʌfəl] n. 塊菌 塊菌 truffle n 1: any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe [ synonym: { truffle}, { earthnut}, { earth- ball}] 2: edible subterranean fungus of the genus Tuber [ synonym: { truffle}, { earthnut}] 3: creamy chocolate candy [ synonym: { truffle}, { chocolate truffle}] 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 ({ Tuber aestivum}) are much esteemed as articles of food. [ 1913 Webster] { Truffle worm} ( Zool.), the larva of a fly of the genus { Leiodes}, injurious to truffles. [ 1913 Webster]
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