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Toadstool

//ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.
  2. 2
    common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom) wordnet

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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