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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight;
[syn: giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Giant \Gi"ant\, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. [1913 Webster] Giant cell. (Anat.) See Myeloplax. Giant clam (Zool.), a bivalve shell of the genus Tridacna, esp. T. gigas, which sometimes weighs 500 pounds. The shells are sometimes used in churches to contain holy water. Giant heron (Zool.), a very large African heron (Ardeomega goliath). It is the largest heron known. Giant kettle, a pothole of very large dimensions, as found in Norway in connection with glaciers. See Pothole. Giant powder. See Nitroglycerin. Giant puffball (Bot.), a fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum), edible when young, and when dried used for stanching wounds. Giant salamander (Zool.), a very large aquatic salamander (Megalobatrachus maximus), found in Japan. It is the largest of living Amphibia, becoming a yard long. Giant squid (Zool.), one of several species of very large squids, belonging to Architeuthis and allied genera. Some are over forty feet long. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

giant puffball n 1: huge edible puffball up to 2 feet diameter and 25 pounds in weight [syn: giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea]