toadstool
/ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/
toadstool
English
Noun
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Definition
Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.
Etymology
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.
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