Mor"el (?), n. [See Moril.] Bot.

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.]

 

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Mor"el, n. [See Morelle.] Bot.

1.

Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.

[Written also morelle.]

2.

A kind of cherry. See Morello.

Great morel, the deadly nightshade. -- Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade.

 

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