truffle.
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
Meaning & usage
Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French trufle, a variant of truffe (whence also Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), from Old Occitan trufa, a metathesis of Late Latin tufera (plural), from Latin tūber (“truffle”).
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