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Tuberales — noun small order of fungi belonging to the subdivision Ascomycota having closed underground ascocarps • Syn: ↑order Tuberales • Hypernyms: ↑fungus order • Member Holonyms: ↑Ascomycota, ↑subdivision Ascomycota, ↑Ascomycotina, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fungus order — noun the order of fungi • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Erysiphales, ↑order Erysiphales, ↑Sphaeriales, ↑order Sphaeriales, ↑Hypocreales, ↑order Hypocreales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Ascomycota — noun a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi • Syn: ↑subdivision Ascomycota,… … Useful english dictionary
Ascomycotina — noun a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi • Syn: ↑Ascomycota, ↑subdivision Ascomycota … Useful english dictionary
subdivision Ascomycota — noun a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi • Syn: ↑Ascomycota, ↑Ascomycotina,… … Useful english dictionary
subdivision Ascomycotina — noun a large subdivision of Eumycota including Hemiascomycetes and Plectomycetes and Pyrenomycetes and Discomycetes; sac fungi; in some classification systems considered a division of the kingdom Fungi • Syn: ↑Ascomycota, ↑subdivision Ascomycota … Useful english dictionary
family Tuberaceae — noun family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple • Syn: ↑Tuberaceae • Hypernyms: ↑fungus family • Member Holonyms: ↑Tuberales, ↑order Tuberales • … Useful english dictionary
Tuberaceae — noun family of fungi whose ascocarps resemble tubers and vary in size from that of an acorn to that of a large apple • Syn: ↑family Tuberaceae • Hypernyms: ↑fungus family • Member Holonyms: ↑Tuberales, ↑order Tuberales … Useful english dictionary
truffle — [truf′əl] n. [< Fr truffe < OIt truffa < VL * trufera < Osco Umb * tufer, for L tuber: see TUBER] 1. any of an order (Tuberales) of fleshy, edible, potato shaped ascomycetous fungi that grow underground; esp., any of a European genus… … English World dictionary
truffle — n. 1 any strong smelling underground fungus of the order Tuberales, used as a culinary delicacy and found esp. in France by trained dogs or pigs. 2 a usu. round sweet made of chocolate mixture covered with cocoa etc. Etymology: prob. f. Du.… … Useful english dictionary
