blewit

or blu·ette, blew·its, blew·itt

[ bloo-it ]
/ ˈblu ɪt /

noun

an edible pale-bluish mushroom, Tricholoma personatum.
Also called blue-leg.

Origin of blewit

1820–30; probably blue + -et

Words nearby blewit

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

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