truffle

Truffles from Mont Ventoux

Meaning

Noun

Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut.

Origin

The word in the Germanic languages (except Icelandic) is a loanword from French truffe (previously trufle) (whence Danish and Norwegian trøffel, Swedish tryffel, German Trüffel), which originates from Old Occitan.

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