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Vinony

morel

noun

  1. any of several edible fungi (genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta) having a conical cap with a highly pitted surface
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: From French, Spanish and English surname, from the personal name Morel, a derivative of Late Latin Maurellus, from Latin Maurus (“Moor”). See also Mauro, Moreau. In French, sometimes directly from Old French more (“dark”), from the same word. Compare also More, Morell.

  1. A surname.

noun

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).

  1. 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 […]”

  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.”