puffball

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Synonyms: puff-ball, puff ball, pukeball, puckball, pushball, puffballs, fluffball, puffback

Antonyms: puff-ball, puff ball, pukeball, puckball, pushball, puffballs, fluffball, puffback

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Noun

1. Any of various [[fungi]], usually [[globose]], that produce a cloud of brown dust-like [[spore]]s from their mature [[fruiting body|fruiting bodies]], especially in family {{taxfmt|Lycoperdaceae|family}}.
2. {{lb|en|by extension}} Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.
3. A [[dandelion]] flower that has gone to seed, a [[dandelion clock]].
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} Something lacking substance.

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