Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blewits

/ˈbluːɪts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ble-wits
IPA: /ˈbluːɪts/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of edible mushroom.

Example Sentences

"Even the homely wood blewits, that you cook like tripe, with milk and onions, and the egg-yolk yellow chanterelle with its fan-vaulting and faint smell of apricots, all spring up overnight like bubbles of earth, unsustained by nature, existing in a void."

Etymology

Probably from blue.

Synonyms

clitocybe nuda

Questions

How do you pronounce blewits?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbluːɪts/.
What does blewits mean?: A type of edible mushroom.
Where does blewits come from?: Probably from blue.

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