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truffle.

Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɹʌf.l̩//ˈtɹʊf.l̩/
  1. Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.

  2. Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).

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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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