Truffle

Definitions

1. Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.
2. Ellipsis of chocolate truffle (“creamy chocolate confection, in the form of a ball, covered with cocoa powder”).
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“In ancient times, the Romans imported truffles, credited with marked aphrodisiac virtue, from Libya as well as Greece.”

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