morel

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see also: Morel

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /məˈɹɛl/

Noun

morel (plural morels)

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

Translations

• German: Morchel
• Italian: spugnola
• Russian: сморчо́к
• Spanish: colmenilla, colmena, morilla, múrgol, cagarria

Translations

• German: Speisemorchel, Speise-Morchel, Rundmorchel, Rund-Morchel
• Russian: сморчок съедо́бный

Translations

• French: morille
• German: Spitzmorchel, Spitz-Morchel

Noun

morel (plural morels)

1. Archaic form of morello#English|morello (“type of cherry”).
   • 1821, Thomas Nuttall, A journal of travels into the Arkansa Territory (page 122)

     The insects which injure the morel cherry-trees so much in Pennsylvania, I perceive, here occasionally act in the same way upon the branches of the wild cherry […]

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Morel

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Proper noun

1. Surname

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