blewit
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably irregular from blue.[1][2]
Noun edit
blewit (plural blewits)
- Either of two edible mushrooms of the genus Clitocybe (sometimes Lepista or Tricholoma)
- The wood blewit (Clitocybe nuda)
- The field blewit or blue-leg (Clitocybe saeva)
References edit
- ^ “blewit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “blewit”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.