Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The popular name of Agaricus personatus, an edible purplish mushroom common in meadows in autumn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun same as
blewit .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of edible
mushroom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap
Etymologies
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Probably from blue.
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Examples
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Even my dad could recognise the right kinds: field mushrooms and their close relatives, and wood blewits (“blueies” or “blue-buttons”).
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Slice the mushrooms thinly, but tear the girolles, chanterelles and blewits in half.
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Slice the mushrooms thinly, but tear the girolles, chanterelles and blewits in half.
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