Truf'fle, n.

noun

(trŭf/fl) (Synop., § 130), n. [O. Fr. trufle, N. Fr. truffe, Sp. trufa, Prov. Fr. tartoufle, It. tartufo, tartufolo, tubero, Lat. tuber.] A kind of mushroom (Tuber cibarium), of a fleshy, fungous structure, and of a roundish figure, found buried in the soil of woods at a depth of several inches, much esteemed as an esculent.

A whole truffle is shown with one end cut open to reveal its patterned interior. — *Truffle.*