Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun puffball

2 senses of puffball

Sense 1
puffball, true puffball -- (any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature)
       => fungus -- (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Sense 2
earthball, false truffle, puffball, hard-skinned puffball -- (any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles)
       => fungus -- (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)