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EARTH-BALL
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber; grow naturally in southwestern Europe
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Classified under:
Hypernyms ("earth-ball" is a kind of...):
fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)
Holonyms ("earth-ball" is a member of...):
genus Tuber; Tuber (type genus of the Tuberaceae: fungi whose fruiting bodies are typically truffles)