n.
- a strong-smelling underground fungus that resembles a rough-skinned potato, considered a culinary delicacy.
[Family Tuberaceae.]
- a soft sweet made of a chocolate mixture.
v.
[
usu. as noun truffling]
hunt for truffles.
Etymology
C16: prob. via Du. from obs. Fr. truffle, perh. based on L. tubera, pl. of tuber ‘hump, swelling’.
