puffball - Similar and Opposite Words

What is another word for puffball ?

Here are the synonyms for puffball , a list of similar words for puffball from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

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

Synonyms

• earthball
• false truffle
• hard-skinned puffball
• puffball

More generic

• fungus

More specific

• Scleroderma aurantium
• Scleroderma bovista
• Scleroderma citrinum
• Scleroderma flavidium
• smooth earthball
• star earthball

Related

• Scleroderma
• genus Scleroderma

Noun

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

Synonyms

• puffball
• true puffball

More generic

• fungus

More specific

• Calvatia gigantea
• giant puffball

Related

• Lycoperdaceae
• family Lycoperdaceae

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