morel
A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is…A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
» Carlos Morel was the first Argentine painter.
Карлос Морель был первым аргентинским живописцем.
Meaning
3 sensesA true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
Morchel, Speisemorchel, Speise-Morchel
сморчо́кsmorčók, сморчок съедо́бныйsmorčok sʺjedóbnyj
змо́ршокzmóršok, зморшок їстівнийzmoršok jistivnyj
Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.
(archaic)Synonym of morello (“type of cherry”).
- any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap
Examples
2 sentencesCarlos Morel was the first Argentine painter.
ruКарлос Морель был первым аргентинским живописцем. — odexed
Carlos Morel was the first Argentine illustrator.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule (“morel, mushroom”)), fromBorrowed 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).
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).
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