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toadstool

[ tohd-stool ]

noun

  1. any of various mushrooms having a stalk with an umbrellalike cap, especially the agarics.
  2. a poisonous mushroom, as distinguished from an edible one.
  3. any of various other fleshy fungi, as the puffballs and coral fungi.


toadstool

/ ˈ³Ùəʊ»åËŒ²õ³Ù³Ü˱ô /

noun

  1. not in technical use any basidiomycetous fungus with a capped spore-producing body that is not edible Compare mushroom
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toadstool1

First recorded in 1350–1400, toadstool is from the Middle English word tadstol. See toad, stool
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of toadstool1

C14: from toad + stool
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The course was a colorful jumble of pirate ships, giant butterflies, neon toadstools, and even half a school bus.

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Around a week later, she found a mould infestation in the property's bathroom, including toadstools growing from the floor.

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It doesn’t take long for the bigger cabbages to look like bolted toadstools on steroids.

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It would be a relay-style toad race today, with each toad hopping 131 toadstools before passing a baton to their teammate.

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Mycelium, like yeast, molds and toadstools, are neither animals nor plants.

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