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blewits|ˈbl(j)uːɪts|
[prob. f. blue, in reference to the colour: cf. F. bluet, applied to various flowers.]
A kind of edible mushroom.
1830Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 7) IV. 192 note, This species [Agaricus violaceus]..is sold in Covent-Garden market under the name of Blewits, for making catsup. 1871M. C. Cooke Fungi (1874) 91 Lepista personata used to be sold in Covent Garden Market under the name of blewits. 1883Gd. Words 589/2 Chantarelles, and morells, and blewitts. |