See Also: Lycoperdon(medicine)
lycoperdon(dictionary)

lycoperdon (iou)



lycoperdon noun. M18.
[mod. Latin (see sense 1 below), irreg. from Greek lukos wolf + perdesthai break wind.]
A puffball fungus of the genus Lycoperdon. Now chiefly as mod. Latin genus name. M18.
lycoperdon nut, = DEER-ball. M19.