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morel

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Morchella

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Borrowed fromFrenchmorille (comparePicardmerouille,meroule(“morel, mushroom”)), fromFrankish*morhila(“mushroom”), diminutive of*morha(“root”), fromProto-Germanic*murhǭ,*murhijǭ(“carrot”), fromProto-Indo-European*mork-(“tuber, edible herb”). Akin toOld High Germanmorhilo,morhela(“mushroom”) (GermanMorchel(“morel”)), diminutive ofOld High Germanmorha,moraha(“tree-root, plant root”) (GermanMöhre(“carrot”)). Equivalent to dialectalmore(“carrot, root”) +‎-el.

morel (pluralmorels)

Atrue morel; any of severalfungi in the genusMorchella, the upper part of which is covered with areticulated and pittedhymenium.
(Should wedelete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?) Any of several ediblemushrooms, especially thecommon morel oryellow morel.
- 2006,Michael Pollan,The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press,→ISBN, page388:
  The slightly sulfurous, meaty odor ofmorels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom's hollow stalk.

genusMorchella

common morel or yellow morel,Morchella esculenta

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morel (pluralmorels)

Archaic form ofmorello(“type of cherry”).
- 1821, Thomas Nuttall,A journal of travels into the Arkansa Territory, page122:
  The insects which injure themorel cherry-trees so much in Pennsylvania, I perceive, here occasionally act in the same way upon the branches of the wild cherry[…]
Certain plants or generaSolanum,Atropa, andAralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.
- 1836, François Magendie,A Formulary for the Preparation and Medical Administration of Certain New Remedies, page142:
  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 themorel.