Definition of 'toadstool'
Word forms: plural toadstools
countable noun
A toadstool is a fungus that you cannot eat because it is poisonous.
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noun
(not in technical use)
Compare mushroom (sense 1a)
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Word origin of 'toadstool'
C14: from toad + stool noun
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Translations for 'toadstool'
British English: toadstool /ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/
NOUN
A toadstool is a plant that you cannot eat because it is poisonous.
A toadstool is a plant that you cannot eat because it is poisonous.
- Arabic: خُبْزُ الغُرَاب
- Brazilian Portuguese: cogumelo venenoso
- Chinese: 毒蘑菇
- Croatian: gljiva s klobukom
- Czech: prašivka houba
- Danish: paddehat
- Dutch: paddenstoel
- European Spanish: hongo
- Finnish: myrkkysieni
- French: champignon vénéneux
- German: Giftpilz
- Greek: αγαρικό
- Italian: fungo velonoso
- Japanese: 毒キノコ
- Korean: 독버섯
- Norwegian: nattsopp
- Polish: muchomor
- Portuguese: cogumelo venenoso
- Romanian: ciupercă otrăvitoare ciuperci otrăvitoare
- Russian: поганка
- Spanish: hongo
- Swedish: giftsvamp
- Thai: เห็ดมีพิษชนิดหนึ่ง
- Turkish: mantar botanik
- Ukrainian: поганка (гриб)
- Vietnamese: nấm dù
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