toadstool
noun/ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/UK/ˈtoʊdˌstu(ə)l/US
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.
- inherited from tode-stole
Definitions
Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for toadstool. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA