English Explanatory Dictionary

morel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
noun
  1. Synonym of morello (“type of cherry”).
  2. Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/məˈɹɛl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-morel.wav

Word forms

morel morels morell moril Morill Morrell Morrill

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).

Synonyms

morello

Derived words

black morel white morel yellow morel (Morchella esculenta false morel snow morel great morel morello petty morel Morgagni-Stewart-Morel syndrome
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