truffle

[ truhf-uhl, troo-fuhl ]

noun
  1. any of several subterranean, edible, ascomycetous fungi of the genus Tuber.

  2. any of various similar fungi of other genera.

  1. 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 of truffle

1
First recorded in 1585–95; from Dutch truffel(e), from Middle French truffle, truffe, from Old Provençal trufa, from Late Latin tūfer (unrecorded), tūfera, probably from an Osco-Umbrian cognate of Latin tūber tuber1

Other words from truffle

  • truffled, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for truffle

truffle

/ (ˈtrʌfəl) /


noun
  1. Also called: earthnut any of various edible saprotrophic ascomycetous subterranean fungi of the European genus Tuber . They have a tuberous appearance and are regarded as a delicacy

  2. Also called: rum truffle mainly British a sweet resembling this fungus in shape, flavoured with chocolate or rum

Origin of truffle

1
C16: from French truffe, from Old Provençal trufa, ultimately from Latin tūber

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