toadstool Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Toad"stool` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.

Webster 1913