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blet

/blɛt/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɛt

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Borrowed from French blettir, coined by John Lindley.

verb blets · bletting · bletted

To undergo or cause to undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening. c. 1835, B. Maund, The Botanic Garden, Or, Magazine of Flowering Plants, Volume 6, Simpkin & Marshall, page 115, Bletting is in particular a special alteration; it appears that the more austere a fruit is before this is brought on, the more it is capable of bletting regularly.

noun blets

A soft spot on fruit caused by bletting.

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verb To undergo bletting, a fermentation process in certain fruit beyond ripening

Français	blettir

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@misc{blet_2026,
  title = {blet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}