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puff-ball
ˈpuff-ball [f. puff n. (sense 3) or v. + ball n.1; so Du. pof-bal: see puff v.] 1. a. A fungus of the genus Lycoperdon or of some allied genus; so called from the ball-like shape of the ripe spore-case, and its emission of the spores in a cloud of fine powder when broken. (Some of the species are ed... Oxford English Dictionary
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puff-ball
puff-balln type of fungus with a ball-shaped spore-case that bursts open when it is ripe 马勃菌（有球状孢子囊, 成熟时即裂开）. 牛津英汉双解词典
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puck-ball
[puck-ball alleged syn. of puff-ball 1, puckfist 1: app. a misprint in Bailey's Folio.[1708 Kersey, Puck-fist or Puff-ball, a kind of Mushroom full of Dust. So 1721– Bailey (octavo).] 1730 Bailey (folio), Puck-ball, Puck-fist, a Kind of Mushroom full of Dust. 1755 Johnson, Puckball or puckfist (from... Oxford English Dictionary
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Myriostoma coliforme
Berkeley gave it the English name "Cullenden puff-ball" which also refers to a colander. S.F. Gray called it the "sievelike pill-box". wikipedia.org
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No New Friends (LSD song)
Seussian land of puff-ball trees and whimsical puffy clouds, and the two quickly form a bond. wikipedia.org
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puff-fist
† ˈpuff-fist, -foist Obs. rare. [f. puff n. or v. stem + fist n.2, foist n.3, crepitus. Cf. puckfist of same date.] = puff-ball 1.1597 Gerarde Herbal iii. clxii. 1386 Puffes Fistes [Index Puffe Fistes], are commonly called in Latine Lupi crepitus, or Woolfes Fistes:..in English Puffes Fistes, and Fu... Oxford English Dictionary
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Rabbi Dr. I. Goldstein Synagogue
Resnick described Jerusalem as "a melancholy place," with the "fragility of the puff-ball synagogue" expressing that vision. wikipedia.org
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snuff-box
ˈsnuff-box [snuff n.3 1.] 1. a. A box for holding snuff, usually small enough to be carried in the pocket.1687 Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. ii, A Snuff-box, une Tabatiere. 1707 Refl. upon Ridicule 207 The Snuff-boxes she has in Pockets, and the Profusion she makes of Snuff. 1711 ‘J. Distaff’ Char. Don Sachev... Oxford English Dictionary
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Calotropis procera
When "pressed or struck, it explodes with a puff, like a bladder or puff-ball, leaving in the hand only the shreds of the thin rind and a few fibers. wikipedia.org
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bullfist
† ˈbullfist Obs. exc. dial. [f. bull n.1 + fist n.2 ‘flatus ventris’.] The fungus called puff-ball (Lycoperdon bovista). ‘Still in use in Suffolk’ Britten and Holland.1611 Cotgr., Pissaulict, a fuss-ball..puffiste, or bullfiste. 1755 Gentl. Mag. XXV. 124 The remarkable quality of the Lycoperdon, Puf... Oxford English Dictionary
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Lycoperdon perlatum
common puffball, the gem-studded puffball (or gemmed puffball), the warted puffball, or the devil's snuff-box; Samuel Frederick Gray called it the pearly puff-ball wikipedia.org
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puckfist
puckfist (ˈpʌkfɪst) Also 7 puc-, pukfist, puckfoyst, 7–9 puckfoist. See also Eng. Dial. Dict. [app. f. puck n.1 + fist n.2 Cf. puff-fist, -foist, which appears about the same date.] 1. The Puff-ball, Lycoperdon Bovista. Also abbreviated puck.1601 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. v, I'll blow him into aire, w... Oxford English Dictionary
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Wanderers of Time
"The Puff-ball Menace" (Wonder Stories, October 1933 as "Spheres of Hell") The leaders of Ghangistan resolve that they cannot hope to defeat the West using wikipedia.org
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Lycoperdon echinatum
The species is commonly known as the "spiny puffball" or the "spring puffball"; Peck referred to the species as the "echinate puff-ball". wikipedia.org
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puffin
▪ I. puffin1 (ˈpʌfɪn) Forms: 4 poffoun, -in, (5 pophyn), 6 puffing, 4–7 puffyn, 7–8 puffen, 6– puffin. [ME. poffin, pophyn; in latinized form, pl. poffones; also puffyn. Origin unascertained: see Note below.] 1. a. A sea-bird of the genus Fratercula, of the family Alcidæ or Auks; esp. the common F. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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