frog cheeseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

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.

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