morel

mo·rel  (m-rl, mô-)

n.

Any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella and related genera, characterized by a brownish spongelike cap.

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[French morille, from Old French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *maurcula, feminine diminutive of Latin Maurus, Mauritanian, Moor; see Moor.]

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morel [mɒˈrɛl]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) (Cookery) any edible saprotrophic ascomycetous fungus of the genus Morchella, in which the mushroom has a pitted cap: order Pezizales

[from French morille, probably of Germanic origin; compare Old High German morhila, diminutive of morha carrot]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

morel - any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap mushroom - any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium genus Morchella, Morchella - genus of edible fungi: morel common morel, Morchella esculenta, sponge morel, sponge mushroom - an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges cup morel, Disciotis venosa - an edible morel with a cup-shaped or saucer-shaped fruiting body can be up to 20 cm wide; the fertile surface inside the cup has wrinkles radiating from the center; can be easily confused with inedible mushrooms bell morel, Verpa - a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top black morel, conic morel, Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, narrowhead morel - a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it; the fertile body is grey when young and black in old age Morchella crassipes, thick-footed morel - a delicious morel with a conic fertile portion having deep and irregular pits cow's head, half-free morel, Morchella semilibera - a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length

Translations

morel [mɒˈrɛl] n (mushroom) → morchella