'Lycoperdon' definitions:
Definition of 'Lycoperdon'
(from WordNet)
noun
Genus of fungi whose fruiting body tapers toward a base consisting of spongy mycelium [syn: Lycoperdon, genus Lycoperdon]
Definition of 'Lycoperdon'
From: GCIDE
- Lycoperdon \Ly`co*per"don\, prop. n. [NL., from Gr. ? wolf + ? to break wind.] (Bot.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball. [1913 Webster] Lycopersicon