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Definition of 'toadstool'

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toadstool

(toʊdstuːl )
Word forms: plural toadstools
countable noun
A toadstool is a fungus that you cannot eat because it is poisonous.
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toadstool in British

(ˈtəʊdˌstuːl )
noun
(not in technical use)
any basidiomycetous fungus with a capped spore-producing body that is not edible
Compare mushroom (sense 1a)
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Word origin of 'toadstool'
C14: from toad + stool
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toadstool in American

(ˈtoʊdˌstul ; tōdˈsto̅olˌ)
noun
any of a number of fleshy, umbrella-shaped, basidiomycetous fungi; mushroom; esp., in popular usage, any poisonous mushroom
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'toadstool'
ME todestole: see toad & stool

Example sentences containing 'toadstool'

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Perhaps I am drinking something strange - the juice of the toadstool squeezed into my wine. Various LOOKING FOR THE SPARK (2003)She was wearing a thick purple dress with white spots that went halfway down her legs and made her look like a poisonous toadstool. Richard Francis PROSPECT HILL (2003)

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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.
  • American English: toadstool
  • 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
  • European Portuguese: cogumelo venenoso
  • Romanian: ciupercă otrăvitoare
  • Russian: поганка
  • Spanish: hongo
  • Swedish: giftsvamp
  • Thai: เห็ดมีพิษชนิดหนึ่ง
  • Turkish: mantar botanik
  • Ukrainian: поганка (гриб)
  • Vietnamese: nấm dù

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Nearby words of 'toadstool'

  • toadless
  • toadrush
  • toadstone
  • toadstool
  • toady
  • toadying
  • Toamasina

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Related Terms of 'toadstool'

  • parrot toadstool
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Definition of toadstool from the Collins English Dictionary

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