The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Truffle \Truf"fle\ (?; 277), n. [OF. trufle, F. truffe; akin to
Sp. trufa, tartufo; of uncertain origin; perhaps from L.
tuber a tumor, knob, truffle. Cf. Tuber, Trifle.]
Any one of several kinds of roundish, subterranean fungi,
usually of a blackish color. The French truffle (Tuber
melanosporum) and the English truffle (Tuber aestivum) are
much esteemed as articles of food.
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Truffle worm (Zool.), the larva of a fly of the genus
Leiodes, injurious to truffles.
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