What does "toadstool" mean?

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.

What is a synonym for "toadstool"?

Common synonyms include: algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber.

How do you pronounce "toadstool"?

Pronounced //ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l//.

Toadstool

//ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l// noun

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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

Synonyms

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algae autophyte bean bracken brown algae climber

Antonyms

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mushroom

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"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.

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