toadstool

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a mushroom, especially one regarded as poisonous or unsuitable for eating

   A bright red toadstool grew beside the forest path.

From Middle English forms meaning literally 'toad's stool,' combining toad and stool. The fanciful compound reflects an old association between toads and poisonous or uncanny fungi; related compounds occur in several Germanic languages.

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