toadstool

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UK/ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/US/ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l/

noun

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.

Opposite
mushroom
OriginMiddle English tode-stole →
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Meanings

nountoadstool (plural toadstools)

plural toadstools · alternative obsolete toadestoole · alternative obsolete todestoole

  1. Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncommon name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

Opposite
mushroom
Broader
agaric
Also see
frogstool

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishtode-stole
  2. Englishtoadstool

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.

More words from Middle English

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Translations

Bulgarian гъба
  • гъбаan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Catalan bolet verinós
  • bolet verinósan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Chinese Mandarin 毒蕈
  • 毒蕈 (dúxùn)an inedible or poisonous mushroom
Czech muchomůrka
  • muchomůrkaan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Danish paddehat
  • paddehatan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Dutch giftige paddestoel, gifzwam
  • giftige paddestoelan inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • gifzwaman inedible or poisonous mushroom
Estonian mürkseen, mürgiseen
  • mürkseenan inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • mürgiseenan inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • mürgine seenan inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • kärbseseen (agaric, especially amanita)an inedible or poisonous mushroom
Finnish myrkkysieni, kärpässieni (agaric)
  • myrkkysienian inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • kärpässieni (agaric)an inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • roskasieni (inedible)an inedible or poisonous mushroom
French champignon vénéneux
  • champignon vénéneuxan inedible or poisonous mushroom
German Giftpilz
  • Giftpilzan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Hungarian bolondgomba, mérges gomba
  • bolondgombaan inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • mérges gombaan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Icelandic körtukollur
  • körtukolluran inedible or poisonous mushroom
Irish beacán bearaigh
  • beacán bearaighan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Italian fungo velenoso
  • fungo velenosoan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Japanese 毒茸
  • 毒茸an inedible or poisonous mushroom
Korean 독버섯
  • 독버섯 (dokbeoseot)an inedible or poisonous mushroom
Norwegian Bokmål paddehatt
  • paddehattan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Polish muchomor
  • muchomoran inedible or poisonous mushroom
Portuguese cogumelo venenoso
  • cogumelo venenosoan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Romanian ciupercă otrăvitoare, ciupercă nebună
  • ciupercă otrăvitoarean inedible or poisonous mushroom
  • ciupercă nebunăan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Russian пога́нка
  • пога́нка (pogánka)an inedible or poisonous mushroom
Spanish seta venenosa
  • seta venenosaan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Tagalog kabuting-ahas
  • kabuting-ahasan inedible or poisonous mushroom
Tamil காளான்
  • காளான் (kāḷāṉ)an inedible or poisonous mushroom
Cite this entry
APA

toadstool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toadstool

MLA

“toadstool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toadstool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toadstool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toadstool.

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