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Definition of Toadstool
1. Noun. Common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible 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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadstool
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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