morel

n.	1.	(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.
	1.	(Bot.) Nightshade; - so called from its blackish purple berries.
	2.	A kind of cherry. See Morello. Great morel the deadly nightshade. Petty morel the black nightshade. See Nightshade.

Noun

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morel - any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap

bell morel, black morel, common morel, conic morel, cow's head, cup morel, Disciotis venosa, genus Morchella, half-free morel, Morchella, Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, Morchella crassipes, Morchella esculenta, Morchella semilibera, mushroom, narrowhead morel, sponge morel, sponge mushroom, thick-footed morel, Verpa