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morel

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See also: Morel and Mörel

English

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a morel Morchella conica
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Etymology 1

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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).

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Noun

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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.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English morel, morell, from Anglo-Norman and Old French morel, morele, morelle and their etymon Medieval Latin maurella, morella, from Late Latin maurus, morus (“black”) + Latin ella (diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

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morel (plural morels)

  1. (archaic) Synonym 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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References

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  • “morel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. ^ “morel, n.2”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmorel/
  • Rhymes: -orel
  • Hyphenation: mo‧rel

Adjective

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morel (dialectal)

  1. synonym of bermoral (“moral”)
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