Synonyms for "puffball" (63 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

algaeautophytebeanbrackenbrown algaeclimberconfervaconfervoidcreeperdiatomearthball

Noun(2 words)

dandelion clockearthball

Strong matches (19)

Noun(2 words)

false trufflehard-skinned puffball

fernfruits and vegetablesfucusfungusgrapevinegreen algaegulfweedherbheterophyteivykelplegumelentillianalichenliverwortmold

Related words (31)

mossmouldmouldermouldymushroomparasiteparasitic plantpeaperthophytephytoplanktonplanktonic algaeplant familiespulsered algaerockweedrustsaprophytesargassosargassumsea lentil

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sea mosssea wrackseaweedsmutsucculenttoadstoolvetchvinewortwrack

Noun(1 words)

true puffball

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

1 entries

fungus

Synonyms

1 entries

earthball

derived

45 entries

Curtis's puffballbrain puffballbrown puffballcommon puffballcorkstar puffballdusky puffballdusty puffballdwarf puffballfalse puffballfen puffballflaky puffballgem-studded puffballgiant puffballgrassland puffballgrey puffballgum puffball

Showing 16 of 45 words.

derived from

2 entries

ballpuff

is a

1 entries

fungus

related to

3 entries

fruiting bodyfungispore

Translations

48 translations across 30 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries

• πέζις noun (any of various fungi)

Breton

2 entries

• louf-bleiz noun (any of various fungi)
• puferig noun (any of various fungi)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• праханка noun (any of various fungi)

Catalan

1 entries

• pet de llop noun (any of various fungi)

Czech

1 entries

• pýchavka noun (any of various fungi)

Dutch

1 entries

• stuifzwam noun (any of various fungi)

Estonian

1 entries

• murumuna noun (any of various fungi)

Finnish

1 entries

• tuhkelo noun (any of various fungi)

French

1 entries

• vesse-de-loup noun (any of various fungi)

German

3 entries

• Bofist noun (any of various fungi)
• Bovist noun (any of various fungi)
• Stäubling noun (any of various fungi)

Hungarian

1 entries

• pöfeteg noun (any of various fungi)

Irish

3 entries

• bolg béice noun (any of various fungi)
• bolgán béice noun (any of various fungi)
• béiceadán noun (any of various fungi)

Italian

1 entries

• vescia noun (any of various fungi)

Kazakh

1 entries

• жаңбыршы noun (any of various fungi)

Latvian

1 entries

• pūpēdis noun (any of various fungi)

Lower Tanana

1 entries

• dotron' ch'edeltsene' noun (any of various fungi)

Māori

1 entries

• tūtaeatua noun (any of various fungi)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

• røksopp noun (any of various fungi)
• røyksopp noun (any of various fungi)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

• røyksopp noun (any of various fungi)

Ojibwe

1 entries

• anang noun (any of various fungi)

Polish

2 entries

• kurzawka noun (any of various fungi)
• purchawka noun (any of various fungi)

Portuguese

3 entries

• bexiga-de-lobo noun (any of various fungi)
• bufa-de-lobo noun (any of various fungi)
• licoperdo noun (any of various fungi)

Romansch

1 entries

• bovist noun (any of various fungi)

Russian

2 entries

• де́душкин таба́к noun (any of various fungi)
• дождеви́к noun (any of various fungi)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

• balg-péiteach noun (any of various fungi)
• balg-smùid noun (any of various fungi)
• balg-séididh noun (any of various fungi)

Slovak

1 entries

• prášivka noun (any of various fungi)

Spanish

2 entries

• cuesco de lobo noun (any of various fungi)
• pedo de lobo noun (any of various fungi)

Swedish

1 entries

• röksvamp noun (any of various fungi)

Turkish

4 entries

• duman mantarı noun (any of various fungi)
• kurt mantarı noun (any of various fungi)
• osuruk mantarı noun (any of various fungi)
• puf mantarı noun (any of various fungi)

Welsh

2 entries

• chwysigen fwg noun (any of various fungi)
• coden fwg noun (any of various fungi)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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Scads of souls thought the record was yet another puffball from ex-Beatle Paul.

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