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white truffle

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noun

  1. an edible fungus, Tuber magnatum pico, occurring in certain parts of northern Italy, and considered a great delicacy.


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There is also a $29.99 mushroom pasta sauce with white truffle flavoring.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Previously, there’s been Colorado lamb and, at another point, artichoke thistles on the menu — flown in from Santa Barbara and baked in gratin and white truffle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

On the rare occasion when these truffles are for sale, they sell for about one-tenth the price of the European white truffle.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021

“Right now, white truffle prices are around $4,500 a pound,” says Vittorio Giordano, vice president of Urbani Truffles USA, who’s sourcing his white truffles mostly from Italy.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2021

Try again, and it will grow upon you,—again and again, and you will go crazy after the white truffle.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various

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