toadstool

Betekenis (Engels)

Any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an amanita.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈtəʊdˌstuːl/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English tode-stole, tadstol, taddestol, equivalent to toad + stool. Compare dialectal English frogstool (“toadstool”), Saterland Frisian Poagestoul (“mushroom”, literally “frog's stool”).

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