lycoperdonn.
/lʌɪkəˈpəːdən/ Botany.
The fungus Puff-ball, Lycoperdon Bovista.
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wolf's-fista1300
puckfistc1300
puff1538
earth-puff1585
foist1593
fist1597
fuzz-ball1597
puff-fist1597
bunt1601
fuzz1601
bullfist1611
mully-puff1629
fist-ball1635
puffball1649
puck-ball1730
puffin1755
lycoperdon1756
frog cheese1766
puck1766
fuzzy-ballc1850
ball smut1925
1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 430 The lycoperdon, or puff-ball.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 335 Gasteromyci..comprehending..Lycoperdons and the like.
Compounds
lycoperdon nut n. (see quot. 1886).
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1886 Treasury Bot. Lycoperdon nuts, the name under which the herbalists sell our common species of Elaphomyces.
Derivatives
lycoˈperdoid adj. resembling fungi of the genus Lycoperdon.
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1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 243 Verrucæ large, globular,..lycoperdoid, eventually lacerato-dehiscent.
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