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morel

noun
/məˈɹɛl/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule (“morel, mushroom”)), from Middle High German morhel, morchel (“edible fungus, morel”), from Old High German morhila (“edible root”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *morhā (“tree root, plant root”), from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhijǭ (“edible root”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“tuber, edible herb”). Akin to German Morchel (“morel”), Middle Low German morke (“mushroom, morel”), German Möhre (“carrot”). Equivalent to dialectal more (“carrot, root”) + -el (diminutive suffix).

  1. derived from *mork-✻ — “tuber, edible herb”
  2. derived from *murhǭ✻
  3. derived from *morhā✻ — “tree root, plant root”
  4. derived from morhila — “edible root”
  5. derived from morhel
  6. borrowed from morille

Definitions

  1. A true morel

    A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

  2. Synonym of morello (“type of cherry”).

    • 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 […]

  3. Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.

    • It exists in both these plants, but whilst the leaves of the last one contain it in some quantity, none is found in those of the morel.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA