morel

English

a morel Morchella conica

Wikispecies

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule (“morel, mushroom”)), from Frankish *morhila (“mushroom”), diminutive of *morha (“root”), from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhijǭ (“carrot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“tuber, edible herb”). Akin to Old High German morhilo, morhela (“mushroom”) (German Morchel (“morel”)), diminutive of Old High German morha, moraha (“tree-root, plant root”) (German Möhre (“carrot”)). Equivalent to dialectal more (“carrot, root”) +‎ -el.

Alternative forms

• morell, moril

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

morel (plural morels)

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.
2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this redundant sense?) Any of several edible mushrooms, especially the common morel or yellow morel.
   • 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 388:

     The slightly sulfurous, meaty odor of morels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom's hollow stalk.

Derived terms

• black morel (Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, Morchella elata, Morchella septentrionalis)
• white morel (Morchella deliciosa)
• yellow morel (Morchella esculenta
• false morel (Gyromitra spp.)
• snow morel (Gyromitra gigas)

Translations

genus Morchella

• Afrikaans: morielje
• Arabic: غَوْشَنَة f (ḡawšana)
• Armenian: մորկեղ (morkeġ)
• Breton: morukl
• Bulgarian: смръ́чкула f (smrǎ́čkula)
• Cherokee: ᎤᏂᏒᏙᏂ (unisvdoni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羊肚菌 (yángdùjùn)

• Crimean Tatar: qozu mantarı
• Czech: smrž (cs) m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: morielje (nl) f or m
• Esperanto: morkelo (eo)
• Finnish: huhtasieni (fi)
• French: morille (fr) f
• German: Morchel (de) f
• Hungarian: kucsmagomba (hu)
• Irish: morchal m
• Italian: spugnola f
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: смрчак m (smrčak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: morkel (no) m

• Ottoman Turkish: یر الماسی (yer elması)
• Persian: غوشنه (γušane)
• Polish: smardz (pl) m
• Romanian: zbârciog (ro) m
• Russian: сморчо́к (ru) m (smorčók)
• Serbo-Croatian: smŕčak (sh) m
• Slovak: smrž m, smrčok m
• Slovene: smȓčək m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: smarž m

  Upper Sorbian: smorž m, smorža f

• Spanish: colmenilla f, colmena (es) f, morilla f, múrgol m, cagarria f
• Swedish: murkla (sv) c
• Ukrainian: змо́ршок m (zmóršok)
• Volapük: morgil
• Welsh: morel m

common morel or yellow morel, Morchella esculenta

• Catalan: múrgola f
• Cherokee: ᎤᏂᏒᏙᏂ (unisvdoni)
• Finnish: pallohuhtasieni
• German: Speisemorchel (de) f, Speise-Morchel f, Rundmorchel f, Rund-Morchel f
• Irish: morchal coiteann m
• Japanese: 網笠茸, アミガサダケ (amigasa-dake)
• Latvian: lāčpurns (lv) m
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: smardz jadalny
• Russian: сморчок съедо́бный m (smorčok sʺjedóbnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: prȁvī smŕčak m
• Swedish: rund toppmurkla c
• Ukrainian: зморшок їстівний m (zmoršok jistivnyj)

Etymology 2

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Noun

morel (plural morels)

1. Archaic form of morello (“type of cherry”).
   • 1821, Thomas Nuttall, A journal of travels into the Arkansa Territory, page 122:

     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.
   • 1836, François Magendie, A Formulary for the Preparation and Medical Administration of Certain New Remedies, page 142:

     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.

Derived terms

• great morel (Atropa belladonna)
• petty morel (Solanum nigrum, Aralia racemosa).

References

• “morel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Lomer, Merlo

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• moril (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch moreel (“moral”), from French moral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmorel/
• Rhymes: -orel
• Hyphenation: mo‧rel

Adjective

morel (dialectal)

1. Synonym of bermoral (“moral”)

Related terms

• amoral
• amoralitas
• moral
• moralitas
• nirmoral