toadstool

noun

toadstool

noun

UK /ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/ · US /ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l/

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.

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.

Derived terms: toadstool disease, toadstool leather coral, toadstoollike
Related terms: fungus, fungi, mushroom

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