TOADSTOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toadstool mean? 

• TOADSTOOL (noun)
  The noun TOADSTOOL has 1 sense:

1. common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

  Familiarity information: TOADSTOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOADSTOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("toadstool" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Antonym:

mushroom (common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool))

 Context examples 

When the dwarf saw that he screamed out: Is that civil, you toadstool, to disfigure a man’s face?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)