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toadstool

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Toadstool (noun) means a wild mushroom that is not safe to eat, often one of the amanita kind.

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A wild mushroom that is not safe to eat, often one of the amanita kind.
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Etymology

Came from Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad plus stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool, meaning “toadstool”, Saterland Frisian Poagestoul, meaning “mushroom” (literally “frog's stool”), and Dutch paddenstoel.

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What is the meaning of toadstool?
"toadstool" (noun) means a wild mushroom that is not safe to eat, often one of the amanita kind.
What is the opposite of toadstool?
The opposite of "toadstool" is mushroom.

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