Truffle — Truf fle (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.] Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a blackish… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tuber aestivum — Truffle Truf fle (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.] Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tuber melanosporum — Truffle Truf fle (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L. tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. {Tuber}, {Trifle}.] Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi, usually of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fungus — fungic /fun jik/, adj. funguslike, adj. /fung geuhs/, n., pl. fungi /fun juy, fung guy/, funguses, adj. n. 1. any of a diverse group of eukaryotic single celled or multinucleate organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic… … Universalium
Pork — For other uses, see Pork (disambiguation). Pork tenderloin served French style … Wikipedia
fungus — Synonyms and related words: adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, amphibian, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, angiosperm, annual, aquatic plant, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, benign tumor, biennial, blast, blight, bread mold, bug, callosity … Moby Thesaurus
au̯(e)-9, au̯ed-, au̯er- (*aku̯ent- : aḫu̯ent-) — au̯(e) 9, au̯ed , au̯er (*aku̯ent : aḫu̯ent ) English meaning: to flow, to wet; water, etc. Deutsche Übersetzung: “benetzen, befeuchten, fließen” Note: From Root angʷ(h)i : ‘snake, worm” derived Root akʷü (more properly ǝkʷü ):… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
