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