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Webster 1913 Edition

morel

mor′el

(mŏr′ĕl)
,
Noun.
[See
moril
.]
(Bot.)
An edible fungus (
Morchella esculenta
), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces.
[Written also
moril
.]

mor′el

,
Noun.
[See
morelle
.]
(Bot.)
1.
Nightshade; – so called from its blackish purple berries.
[Written also
morelle
.]
2.
A kind of cherry. See
Morello
.
Great morel
,
the deadly nightshade.
–
Petty morel
,
the black nightshade. See
Nightshade
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Morel

MOREL'

,
Noun.
Garden nightshade, a plant of the genus Solanum.
1.
A kind of cherry.

Definition 2025

morel

morel

English

a morel Morchella conica

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Noun

morel ‎(plural morels)

  1. Any of several edible mushrooms, especially the common morel or yellow morel.
  2. (mycology) Any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

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Etymology

Borrowing from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule ‎(“morel, mushroom”)), from Frankish *morhila ‎(“mushroom”), diminutive of *morha ‎(“root”), from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhijǭ ‎(“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- ‎(“tuber, edible herb”). Akin to Old High German morhilo, morhela ‎(“mushroom”) (German Morchel ‎(“mushroom”)), diminutive of Old High German morha, moraha ‎(“tree-root, plant root”) (German Möhre ‎(“carrot”)). More at more.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /məˈɹɛl/

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