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n. - Any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber.

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  • Be sure not to break the earth-ball when setting the seedling into the planting hole.
  • The upper part of the earth-ball should be level or slightly deeper than the edge of the hole.
  • Ladies did not disdain those pagan ironed times of the firs; city (called after the ugliest Danadune) when a frond was a friend inneed to carry, as earwigs do their dead, their...
  • Last week, Pierce drove down to Pryor, Okla., to pick up decorations for the show, including a 7-foot glowing earth-ball which will serve as the show's centerpiece,...
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