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truffle

truf.fle \'tr*f-*l, 'tru:f-\ n [modif. of MF truffe, fr. OProv trufa, fr. 
   (assumed) VL tuferaX, alter. of L tuber - more at TUBER : the usu. dark and 
   rugose edible subterranean fruiting body of European f ungi (genus Tuber); 
   also : one of the fungi