Meaning of MOREL
| Pronunciation: | | mu'rel
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [n] any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap |
| |
| | Sponsored Links: | |
|
| |
| | See Also: | | bell morel, black morel, common morel, conic morel, cow's head, cup morel, Disciotis venosa, genus Morchella, half-free morel, Morchella, Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, Morchella crassipes, Morchella esculenta, Morchella semilibera, mushroom, narrowhead morel, sponge morel, sponge mushroom, thick-footed morel, Verpa | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Mor"el\, n. [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\, n. [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}.
|
| |
|
|