noun

toadstool

toadstool

A bright red toadstool grew under the tree.

A bright red toadstool grew under the tree.

a toadstool A countable noun: a poisonous or inedible fungus. A bright red toadstool grew under the tree.

Synonyms: poisonous mushroom; Antonyms: edible mushroom

From 'toad' + 'stool'. It was once believed that toads sat on them.

Imagine a toad sitting on a little stool-shaped mushroom.

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