Toadstool
/ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.
- 2 common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom) wordnet
Example
More examples"What was the name of the character that had a toadstool hat in Super Mario Brothers?"
Etymology
From Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad + stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool (“toadstool”), Saterland Frisian Poagestoul (“mushroom”, literally “frog's stool”), Dutch paddenstoel.