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Toadstool   Listen
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Toadstool  n.  (Bot.) A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Toadstool" Quotes from Famous Books



... yourself. You admit that you are pursuing an idea. Perhaps you are in search of some new and curious form of mildew, and when you have found it—or something else—you will name your discovery Fungus Pragensis, or Cryptogamus minor Errantis—'the Wanderer's toadstool.' But I know you of old, my good friend. The idea you pursue is not an idea at all, but that specimen of the genus homo known as 'woman,' species 'lady,' variety ...
— The Witch of Prague • F. Marion Crawford



Words linked to "Toadstool" :   agaric



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