TOADSTOOL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("toadstool" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Antonym:

mushroom (common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool))

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