Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
morel \mor"el\ (m[o^]r"[e^]l), 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
morel \mor"el\, n. [See morelle.] (Bot.)
1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.
[Written also morelle.]
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2. A kind of cherry. See Morello.
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Great morel, the deadly nightshade.
Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
morel
n 1: any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella
having a brownish spongelike cap