giant puffball

/ˌdʒaɪənt ˌpʌfˈbɔl/
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Other forms: giant puffballs

Definitions of giant puffball
  1. noun
    huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight
    synonyms: Calvatia gigantea
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    type of:
    puffball, true puffball
    any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
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