"padstool" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: padstools [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English padstol, paddestol, padestol, equivalent to pad (“toad”) + stool. Cognate with Dutch paddestoel (“toadstool”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|padstol}} Middle English padstol, {{m|enm|paddestol}} paddestol, {{m|enm|padestol}} padestol, {{af|en|pad|stool|t1=toad}} pad (“toad”) + stool, {{cog|nl|paddenstoel|paddestoel|t=toadstool}} Dutch paddestoel (“toadstool”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} padstool (plural padstools)
  1. (now chiefly dialectal) toadstool Tags: dialectal Related terms: paddock, shellpad
    Sense id: en-padstool-en-noun-MS3cgH4j

Inflected forms

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