MOREL

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An edible fungus (Morchella esculenta), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. [Written also moril.]

2.
n.

Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries. [Written also morelle.]

3.
n.

A kind of cherry. See Morello. Great morel, the deadly nightshade. -- Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade.


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