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Definition of Blewits
1. Noun. Edible agaric that is pale lilac when young; has a smooth moist cap.
Definition of Blewits
1. Noun. A type of edible mushroom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blewits
1. a type of mushroom [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blewits
Literary usage of Blewits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"... or blewits. Agaricus personatus, L., 'in some parts of England.'—Treas. Bot.
Sowerby says it was sold under this name in Covent Garden. ..."
2. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"... blewits and Dickinsons, is a most scandalous Reproach to the Character of a
Soldier, and very unjust to the poor Men themselves. ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... a tolerably common fungus in some parts of England, readily distinguishable
by its bluish stem—hence its popular name of ' blewits'—opinions differ. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1831)
"At Gloucester, Edmund Blewitt, esq. of Gower-street, barrister-at-law, and son
of Edward blewits, esq. of Llantarnam Abbey, ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Tricholoma personatum, "blewits," is regarded as an excellent edible species.
It grows on the ground in woods. When young, the entire plant is of a pale ..."
6. Fungi by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Miles Joseph Berkeley (1877)
"Formerly it was said to be sold in Covent Garden Market under the name of "blewits,"
but wo have failed to see or hear of it ..."
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