blewit

noun

blew·​it

ˈblü-ət

plural blewits

: a fragrant, edible, agaric mushroom (Lepista nuda synonym Clitocybe nuda) with a violet-brown stem and cap

Occasionally, he'll point out a blewit (Clitocybe nuda)—an edible mushroom that is quite literally blue in color.

—Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 1996

Stout wood blewits, purple-blue, cluster on piles of wood chips …

—Bruce Stutz, Natural History, July/August 1999

also : a related edible agaric (Lepista saeva synonym Clitocybe saeva synonym Tricholoma personatum) with a pale lilac stem and pale brownish cap

Word History

Etymology

probably irregular from blue

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

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