"paddock-stool" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paddock-stools [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} paddock-stool (plural paddock-stools)
  1. A (chiefly Scotland) toadstool. Categories (lifeform): Mushrooms

Inflected forms

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