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TRUFFLED

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truf⋅fle

  [truhf-uhl, troo-fuhl]
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–noun
1. any of several subterranean, edible, ascomycetous fungi of the genus Tuber.
2. any of various similar fungi of other genera.
3. a candy made of soft chocolate, shaped into a ball and dusted with cocoa, or sometimes a three-layered cube of light and dark chocolate.
Origin:
1585–95; < D truffel(e) < MF truffle, truffe < OPr trufa < LL tūfera, *tūfer, prob. < an Osco-Umbrian cognate of L tūber tuber 1

Related forms:
truffled, adjective
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Truffles To Die For
Gourmet chocolate Truffles. Various gift boxes. Exceptional quality.
LakeChamplainChocolates.com
Truffles & Gourmet Food
Fresh/Canned Asian, French, Italian summer white & winter black truffle
www.caviar-line.com
truf·fle   (trŭf'əl)   
n.  

  1. Any of various fleshy, ascomycetous, edible fungi, chiefly of the genus Tuber, that grow underground on or near the roots of trees and are valued as a delicacy.

  2. Any of various chocolate confections, especially one made of a mixture including chopped nuts, rolled into balls and covered with cocoa powder.


[Alteration of French trufe, from Old French, from Old Provençal trufa, from Vulgar Latin *tūfera, truffles, from dialectal variant of Latin tūber, lump; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]
truf'fled adj.
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Word Origin & History

truffle 
"edible fungus," 1591, from M.Fr. trufle (1370), from O.Fr. truffe, probably from O.Prov. trufa, metathesized from L.L. tufera (pl.), cognate of L. tuber "edible root." Another theory notes It. tartuffo (Milanese tartuffel) "potato," supposedly from terræ tuber. Extended 1926 to powdered, round chocolates that look like truffles.
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