blewitsn.
/ˈbl(j)uːɪts/ A kind of edible mushroom.
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mushroom1440
champignon1578
swamp1631
morel1653
moriglio1698
flap1744
agaric1777
chanterelle1777
flab?18..
nutmeg-boletus1813
blewits1830
mitre mushroom1854
cèpe1865
horse mushroom1866
matsutake1877
girolle1894
shiitake1925
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old man of the woods1972
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > mushrooms or edible fungi > mushroom > types of
champignon1578
meadow mushroom1597
goat's beard1640
button mushroom1708
flap1744
flab?18..
whitecap1801
nutmeg-boletus1813
blewits1830
mitre mushroom1854
St. George's mushroom1854
springer1860
cheese-room1865
horse mushroom1866
oyster mushroom1875
redmilk1882
beef-steak fungus1886
blusher1887
shaggy cap1894
shaggy mane1895
maitake1905
shiitake1925
oysterc1950
miller1954
porcino1954
saffron milk cap1954
old man of the woods1972
portobello1985
1830 Withering's Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 7) IV. 192 (note) This species [Agaricus violaceus]..is sold in Covent-Garden market under the name of Blewits, for making catsup.
1871 M. C. Cooke Fungi (1874) 91 Lepista personata used to be sold in Covent Garden Market under the name of blewits.
1883 Good Words 24 589/2 Chantarelles, and morells, and blewitts.
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