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puffball.

Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpʌfˌbɔːl/
  1. Any of various fungi, usually globose, that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies, especially in family Lycoperdaceae.

  2. Any of various mushrooms with globose fruiting bodies.

    broadly
  3. A dandelion flower that has gone to seed, a dandelion clock.

  4. Something lacking substance.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From puff + ball.

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