blewit

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/ˈbluːɪt/

noun

The wood blewit (Clitocybe nuda)

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Meanings

nounblewit (plural blewits)

plural blewits

  1. Either of two edible mushrooms of the genus Clitocybe (sometimes Lepista or Tricholoma)
    1. The wood blewit (Clitocybe nuda)
    2. The field blewit or blue-leg (Clitocybe saeva)

Origin

Probably an irregular variant of blue or of bluet.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

bluet

Anagrams

twibel
Cite this entry
APA

blewit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blewit

MLA

“blewit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blewit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blewit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blewit.

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