frog cheese

English

Noun

frog cheese (uncountable) (archaic)

  1. A large puffball.
    • 1835, Nutt, Thomas, Humanity to honey-bees: or, practical directions for the management of honey bees upon an improved and humane plan, by which the lives of bees may be preserved, and abundance of honey of a superior quality may be obtained, 3 edition, London: Longman, OCLC 876654390, page 126:
      This intoxicating fume is caused by introducing into the fumigating lamp a piece of ignited vegetable substance, called puck, puckball, or frog-cheese, or, most commonly, fuzzball.
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:frog cheese.

References
  • “frog cheese” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
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