Bull'fiſt, n.

n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Bovista (Ger. bofist), of the order of Fungi. B. gigantea, called also bull puff-ball, and frog’s cheese, grows to an immense size, measuring sometimes nine feet in circumference. When young it is used for food, and the smoke of it inhaled has the same effect as ether or chloroform. W. Baird.