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morel

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a morel Morchella conica
 
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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed 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 (“morel”)), diminutive of Old High German morha, moraha (“tree-root, plant root”) (German Möhre (“carrot”)). Equivalent to dialectal more (“carrot, root”) +‎ -el.

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morel (plural morels)

  1. 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. (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?) Any of several edible mushrooms, especially the common morel or yellow morel.
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morel (plural morels)

  1. Archaic form of 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 […]
  2. Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.
    • 1836, François Magendie, A Formulary for the Preparation and Medical Administration of Certain New Remedies, page 142:
      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.
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  • “morel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Borrowed from Dutch moreel (“moral”), from French moral.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.rɛl/
  • Rhymes: -rɛl
  • Hyphenation: mo‧rel

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morel

  1. moral

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