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morel¹

  • /məˈɹɛl/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ɛl

Where it comes from

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).

noun morels · morell · moril

  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.

morel²

Where it comes from

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).

noun morels

  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 […]

    Similar: morello

  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.

Morel³

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Morels · Morell · Morill · Morrell · Morrill

  1. A surname.

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noun genus Morchella

Españolcolmenilla, colmena, morilla, múrgol, cagarria
中文羊肚菌 yángdǔjùn
Portuguêsmorquela
Françaismorille
DeutschMorchel
Italianospugnola
Românăzbârciog
Русскийсморчо́к smorčók
العربيةغَوْشَنَة ḡawšana

noun common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta

日本語網笠茸, アミガサダケ amigasa-dake
DeutschSpeisemorchel, Speise-Morchel, Rundmorchel, Rund-Morchel
Русскийсморчок съедо́бный smorčok sʺjedóbnyj

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@misc{morel_2026,
  title = {morel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/morel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}