morel

/məˈɹɛl/

morel means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 81 out of 100.

morel is pronounced /məˈɹɛl/.

Etymology

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.

name

A surname.

noun

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
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 […]”
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.”