Definition of Toadstool

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

Generic synonyms: Agaric
Antonyms: Mushroom

Definition of Toadstool

1. n. A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.

Definition of Toadstool

1. Noun. Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an agaric. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Toadstool

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Medical Definition of Toadstool

1. A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadstool

toadless
toadlet
toadlets
toadlike
toadly
toadrush
toads
toads in the hole
toadshade
toadskin
toadskins
toadsticker
toadstickers
toadstone
toadstones
toadstool (current term)
toadstools
toadying
toadyish
toadyism
toadyisms
toast
toast mistress
toast of the town
toast rack
toast racks
toastable
toastcrumb
toasted

Literary usage of Toadstool

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"Even the violets, these spoilt children of the spring, nudged each other and tittered, as they peeped at the old weather-beaten toadstool. ..."

2. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"THE toadstool THESE 's a thing that grows by the fainting flower, And springs in the shade of the lady's bower; The lily shrinks, and the rose turns pale, ..."

3. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"THE toadstool THERE 's a thing that grows by the fainting flower, And springs in the shade of the lady's bower; The lily shrinks, and the rose turns pale, ..."

4. Poetry of the Seasons by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1898)
"THE toadstool. THERE'S a thing that grows by the fainting flower, And springs in the shade of the lady's bower; The lily shrinks, and the rose turns pale, ..."

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