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toad⋅stool

  [tohd-stool]
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–noun
1. any of various mushrooms having a stalk with an umbrellalike cap, esp. 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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME tadstol. See toad, stool
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toad·stool   (tōd'stōōl')   
n.  An inedible or poisonous fungus with an umbrella-shaped fruiting body.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Toadstool

Toad"stool`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : toadstool
Spanish: hongo venenoso,
German: der Giftpilz,
Japanese: 毒きのこ
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toadstool 
1398, apparently a fanciful name from M.E. tadde "toad" + stole "stool." Toads themselves were regarded as very poisonous, and this word is popularly restricted to inedible or poisonous fungi, as opposed to mushrooms (e.g. toad-cheese, a poisonous fungi).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: toad·stool
Pronunciation: -"stül
Function: noun
: a fungus having an umbrella-shaped pileus : MUSHROOM; especially : a poisonous or inedible one as distinguished from an edible mushroom
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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toadstool

any of various inedible or poisonous species of mushrooms (kingdom Fungi). See mushroom.

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