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# toadstool

«toadstool» in Mova's school dictionary: **a fungus with a round cap on a stalk, like a mushroom…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a toadstool, toadstools)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A toadstool is a fungus with a round cap on a stalk, like a mushroom; the word is often used for kinds that are poisonous or not eaten, like the red one with white spots (fly agaric). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#m1)

2) Calling someone a toadstool is a rude insult, like calling them a useless person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science and nature: toadstools are the fruiting parts of fungi, which grow in damp woods, especially in autumn, and help rot down dead leaves and wood. Safety: never pick or eat wild mushrooms or toadstools — some are deadly, and they are hard to tell apart; wash hands after touching. Stories and fairy tales: fairies, gnomes and pixies sit on red-and-white toadstools.

### examples

- A red toadstool with white spots grew under the birch tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#x1)
- Never eat a toadstool you find in the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#x2)
- In the story, a fairy lived under a toadstool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#x3)
- Toadstools pop up after autumn rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#x4)
- We drew toadstools on our nature walk but didn't touch them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#x5)
- Fungi like toadstools help break down dead leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#x6)
- When the dwarf saw that he screamed out: ‘Is that civil, you toadstool, to disfigure a man’s face? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/#x7)

### note

Countable, one word. There is no scientific difference between a mushroom and a toadstool; «toadstool» usually suggests not safe to eat. Toads do not really sit on them.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «toadstool» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toadstool/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.