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morel en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /məˈɹɛl/ (UK, US)

Etymology

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).

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

false morel · white morel · snow morel · yellow morel · black morel

Translations (63)

hy մորկեղ (genus Morchella) · mk смрчак (genus Morchella) · hsb smorža (genus Morchella) · nb morkel (genus Morchella) · pt morquela (genus Morchella) · ga morchal (genus Morchella) · fi huhtasieni (genus Morchella) · eo morkelo (genus Morchella) · sv rund toppmurkla (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · crh qozu mantarı (genus Morchella) · de Speisemorchel (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · ar غَوْشَنَة (genus Morchella) · es cagarria (genus Morchella) · chr ᎤᏂᏒᏙᏂ (genus Morchella) · lv lāčpurns (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · sl smȓčək (genus Morchella) · ga morchal coiteann (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · pl smardz (genus Morchella) · br morukl (genus Morchella) · ru сморчо́к (genus Morchella) · lt briedžiùkas (genus Morchella) · cy morel (genus Morchella) · pl smardz jadalny (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · bg бучка гъба (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · es morilla (genus Morchella) · sh prȁvī smŕčak (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · nl morielje (genus Morchella) · tr kuzugöbeği (genus Morchella) · cs smrž obecný (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · fa غوشنه (genus Morchella) · de Rund-Morchel (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · it spugnola (genus Morchella) · es colmenilla (genus Morchella) · tr kuzugöbeği (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · ota یر الماسی (genus Morchella) · sh smŕčak (genus Morchella) · ja アミガサダケ (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · es colmena (genus Morchella) · de Rundmorchel (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · ca múrgola (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · af morielje (genus Morchella) · sk smrčok (genus Morchella) · cs smrž (genus Morchella) · vo morgil (genus Morchella) · be смаржо́к (genus Morchella) · de Morchel (genus Morchella) · ja 網笠茸 (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · ru сморчок съедо́бный (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · de Speise-Morchel (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · sv murkla (genus Morchella) · sk smrž (genus Morchella) · ro zbârciog (genus Morchella) · uk змо́ршок (genus Morchella) · es múrgol (genus Morchella) · uk зморшок їстівний (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · cmn 羊肚菌 (genus Morchella) · fi pallohuhtasieni (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · chr ᎤᏂᏒᏙᏂ (common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta) · fr morille (genus Morchella) · bg смръ́чкула (genus Morchella) · hsb smorž (genus Morchella) · hu kucsmagomba (genus Morchella) · dsb smarž (genus Morchella)

morel en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. (archaic) Synonym of morello (“type of cherry”).
   • 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 […] 1821, Thomas Nuttall, A journal of travels into the Arkansa Territory, page 122:
2. Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.
   • 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. 1836, François Magendie, A Formulary for the Preparation and Medical Administration of Certain New Remedies, page 142:

Forms

Deriveds

great morel · petty morel · morello

Synonyms

morello