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Meaning of Morel | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
məˈɹɛl

Definitions

  1. A municipality in Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  2. A surname.
  3. A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
  4. Synonym of morello (“type of cherry”).
  5. A village and former municipality, now in Mörel-Filet municipality, Valais canton, Switzerland.
  6. Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.

Equivalents

Català múrgola
Čeština smrž smržový
Esperanto morkelo
Français Mörel morille
Italiano spugnola
Македонски смрчак
Nederlands morielje
Română zbârciog
Slovenčina Smrž
Српски smrčak смрчак
Svenska murkla
Українська зморшок

Examples

“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 […]”
“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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