blewit

or blu·ette, blew·its, blew·itt

[ bloo-it ]

/ ˈblu ɪt /

noun

an edible pale-bluish mushroom, Tricholoma personatum.

Nearby words

bletting, bleu cheese, bleu-de-roi, bleuler, blew, blewit, blewits, blida, bligh, blight, blighter

Origin of blewit

1820–30; probably blue + -et

Also called blue-leg.

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British Dictionary definitions for blewits

blewits

/ (ˈbluːɪts) /

noun

(functioning as singular) an edible saprotroph agaricaceous fungus, Tricholoma saevum, having a pale brown cap and bluish stalk

Word Origin for blewits

C19: probably based on blue

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