Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella and related genera, characterized by a brownish spongelike cap.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Dark-colored; blackish.
- n. A dark-colored horse; hence, any horse.
- n. A kind of cherry. See morello.
- n. Garden nightshade, Solanum nigrum. See nightshade. Also morelle.
- n. An edible mushroom; specifically, Morchella esculenta, which grows abundantly in Europe, particularly in England, as well as in many parts of the United States. It is much used to flavor gravies, and is also dressed fresh in various ways; it is sometimes employed instead of the common mushroom, Agaricus cam-pestris, to make catchup.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of several edible mushrooms (fungi) in the genus Morchella, especially the common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (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.
- n. (Bot.) Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.
- n. A kind of cherry. See Morello.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
Etymologies
- From French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule "morel, mushroom"), from Frankish *morhila "mushroom", diminutive of *morha "root" from Proto-Germanic *murhō(n), *murhijō(n) (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“tuber, edible herb”). Akin to Old High German morhilo, morhela "mushroom" (German Morchel "mushroom"), diminutive of Old High German morha, moraha "tree-root, plant root" (German Möhre "carrot"). More at more. (Wiktionary)
- French morille, from Old French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *maurīcula, feminine diminutive of Latin Maurus, Mauritanian, Moor; see Moor. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The actions of the wilful man-child Gren sees the group splintered, and Gren's encounter with an intelligent but parasitic entity known as the morel leads him and his mate on a long, curious journey through the landscape of the dying world.”
“I have no knowledge of mushrooms, unfortunately, the morel is the only one that I would be sure enough of to pick wild, as I am pretty clueless about the others and need to learn from an expert before I go poison myself...”
“Morchella esculenta, for example, is known as a morel in English, but has various names in different parts of Mexico, including elotitos (little corn cobs) menudo (tripe) and viejitos (little old men.)”
Stalking The Wild Mushroom: An Ancient Mexican Culinary Tradition
“It's like if a field mushroom is a single musical instrument, the morel is the whole symphony orchestra.”
“The morel is a very wary little mushroom, " explained Amanda.”
“steve morel aka ekion 3 months ago dunno how u did it ! that's crazy ! that's like a movie from superman !”
“As for the mushrooms, do those kind of morel mushrooms grow in the south?”
“That's the kind of morel dilemma that could get me batting for the other team!”
“Or work with seasonal ingredients, such as morel mushrooms, or gain the chef's edge at the grill ($125).”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘morel’.
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phrontistery - m
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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Archaic Colours
Words for colours that have fallen out of use.
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food collection
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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♥
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Colors
Words for colors, including things so associated with a color that they can be used in reference to a color.
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, purple, navy, lavender, turquoise, chartreuse and 218 more...
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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (M)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
mace, macintosh, madras, magenta, magic 8 ball, magma, mahogany, maiden, mail, mainsail, maize, malachite and 169 more...
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spoon
being items relating to food, cooking and the kitchen.
spoon, fork, beef, slice, dozen, eggs, simmer, broil, salad, soup, stock, lard and 287 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, M
metamerism, malady, margin, marauder, maverick, mercury, mirth, mandible, macerate, meteor, manumission, mica and 292 more...
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the road
glaucoma, tarpaulin, flowstone, flue, rimstone, alabaster, gully, shoring, grike, riprap, windfall, transom and 120 more...
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persnickety parlance
behoove, ebullient, insouciant, insipient, froth, quandary, quixotic, tendril, maktub, furrow, furl, anastrophe and 1076 more...
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wordrainbow
A big list of color names for use on wordrainbow.com
emerald, cherry, coffee, cream, almond, gold, kiwi, green, grass green, aquamarine, beet red, sepia and 714 more...
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Colors
cerise, carnelian, florid, claret, watchet, rosaceous, coquelicot, vermilion, celadon, nacreous, lapis, viridescent and 132 more...
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mycophilia
<3 of mushrooms
chantarelle, omphalotus olearius, mycophile, shitake, morel, destroying angel, gills, cap, hymenium, stipe, spore print, polypore and 2 more...
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