black truffle

English

black truffles

Etymology

black +‎ truffle from being a truffle with a darkish appearance, darker than white truffles.

Noun

black truffle (plural black truffles)

1. A species of truffle, Tuber melanosporum, darker than the white truffle, most commonly from France but also found in other parts of Europe, that is prized as a culinary ingredient.

Translations

A species of truffle, Tuber melanosporum

• Bulgarian: че́рен трю́фел m (čéren trjúfel)
• Italian: tartufo nero
• Swedish: svart tryffel, perigordtryffel, vintertryffel

Further reading

• black truffle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tuber melanosporum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies