From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtoadstooltoad‧stool /ˈtəʊdstuːl $ ˈtoʊd-/ noun [countable] HBPa wild plant like a mushroom, that can be poisonous
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toadstool• What mechanism allows toadstools -- essentially very soft and squashy items -- to push through two inches of asphalt?• The warmth and mildness has brought a fine crop of toadstools.• The whole effect grotesquely resembled a giant mushroom or toadstool.• All the magic of scholars can not turn this sacred toadstool into a real living Holy City.• It was not yet dusk, but the drive up to Kevin's mock Tudor house was lined with lit-up toadstools.• It was for children, rabbits having a picnic in a wood with toadstools, birds.• She led her up a stone staircase into a small room where Brownies were sitting on wooden toadstools.Origin toadstool (1300-1400) Because it looks like a small seat on which a toad could sit