puffball

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
Gem-studded puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum).

Etymology

[edit]

From puff +‎ ball.

Noun

[edit]

puffball (plural puffballs)

  1. Any of various fungi that produce a cloud of brown dust-like spores from their mature fruiting bodies.
  2. (figurative) Something lacking substance.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 371:
      Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.

Derived terms

[edit]


Translations

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]