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toadstool
(toʊdstuːl)
Word forms: plural toadstools
countable noun
A toadstool is a fungus that you cannot eat because it is poisonous.
toadstool in British English
(ˈtəʊdˌstuːl)
noun
(not in technical use)
any basidiomycetous fungus with a capped spore-producing body that is not edible
Compare mushroom (sense 1a)Word origin
C14: from toad + stooltoadstool in American English
(ˈtoʊdˌstul)
noun
any of a number of fleshy, umbrella-shaped, basidiomycetous fungi; mushroom; esp., in popular usage, any poisonous mushroom
Word origin
ME todestole: see toad & stoolImage oftoadstool
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Examples of 'toadstool' in a sentencetoadstool
Word lists withtoadstool
fungusIn other languagestoadstool
British English: toadstool /ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/ NOUN
A toadstool is a plant that you cannot eat because it is poisonous.
- American English: toadstool
- Arabic: خُبْزُ الغُرَاب
- Brazilian Portuguese: cogumelo venenoso
- Chinese: 毒蘑菇
- Croatian: gljiva s klobukom
- Czech: prašivka houba
- Danish: paddehat
- Dutch: paddenstoel
- European Spanish: hongo
- Finnish: myrkkysieni
- French: champignon vénéneux
- German: Giftpilz
- Greek: αγαρικό
- Italian: fungo velonoso
- Japanese: 毒キノコ
- Korean: 독버섯
- Norwegian: nattsopp
- Polish: muchomor
- European Portuguese: cogumelo venenoso
- Romanian: ciupercă otrăvitoare
- Russian: поганка
- Latin American Spanish: hongo
- Swedish: giftsvamp
- Thai: เห็ดมีพิษชนิดหนึ่ง
- Turkish: mantar botanik
- Ukrainian: поганка (гриб)
- Vietnamese: nấm dù
Chinese translation of 'toadstool'
toadstool
(ˈtəudstuːl)
n (c)
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毒菌
(dújùn)