Frogstools

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Dialect names for poisonous or inedible fungi that grow on damp ground, often umbrella-shaped and sometimes called toadstools
2. Mushroom-like fungi, typically inedible or toxic, that pushing up through moist soil in woods and meadows
3. Certain fleshy fungi of damp woodland and pasture, sometimes called toadstools, which are regarded as unsafe to eat

Etymology: "Frogstools" is simply the plural of "frogstool", a compound of "frog" and "stool". Its meaning follows from its parts: a stool is a seat, and a frog here is the amphibian, so the word plays on the image of a small, low seat on which a frog might sit. Like other compounds of this kind, it is a transparent coinage rather than a word with a long, winding path through other languages, so the two parts carry most of its sense.