toadstool

[ tohd-stool ]

/ ˈtoʊdˌstul /

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noun

any of various mushrooms having a stalk with an umbrellalike cap, especially the agarics.

a poisonous mushroom, as distinguished from an edible one.

any of various other fleshy fungi, as the puffballs and coral fungi.

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Origin of toadstool

First recorded in 1350–1400, toadstool is from the Middle English word tadstol.See toad, stool

Words nearby toadstool

toad-in-the-hole, toad juice, toadshade, toad spit, toadstone, toadstool, to advantage, toady, to a fare-thee-well, to a fault, to all intents and purposes

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How to use toadstool in a sentence

And yet men continue to believe that the mere sight of a pink toadstool will cause women to be overcome with lust.
Anthony Weiner: Politics and the Penis|Leslie Bennetts|June 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
If their lives were made into horror movies, that rampaging little pink toadstool would mow them down every time.
Anthony Weiner: Politics and the Penis|Leslie Bennetts|June 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Grandfather Mole demanded of Mr. Meadow Mouse, almost as soon as he had stepped just outside the shade of the toadstool.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
As he spoke he wedged himself between Grandfather Mole and the stem of the toadstool umbrella.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey

"This toadstool is growing bigger all the time," Grandfather Mole explained.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
They got all kinds of tony things–tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
No vegetables except moss and toadstool-like productions could exist in that airless and pestiferous region.
In the Wilds of Florida|W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for toadstool

toadstool

/ (ˈtəʊdˌstuːl) /

noun

(not in technical use) any basidiomycetous fungus with a capped spore-producing body that is not edibleCompare mushroom (def. 1a)

Word Origin for toadstool

C14: from toad + stool

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