| morel | <botany> 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. Alternative forms: moril. See: Moril. <botany> 1. Nightshade; so called from its blackish purple berries. Alternative forms: morelle. 2. A kind of cherry. See Morello. Great morel, the deadly nightshade. Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade. See: Morelle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Morel's ear | A large, misshapen, outstanding auricle, with obliterated grooves and thinned edges. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Morel, Benedict | <person> French psychiatrist, 1809-1873. See: Morel's ear, Stewart-Morel syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morelle | <botany> Nightshade. See Morel. Origin: F, orig. Fem. Of moreau black, OF. Morel, fr. LL. Morellus. Cf. Morello, Murrey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morello | <botany> A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, used chiefly for preserving. Origin: Cf. It. Morello blackish, OF. Morel. Cf. Morelle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Stewart-Morel syndrome | <syndrome> Hyperostosis frontalis interna in elderly women, with obesity and neuropsychiatric disorders of uncertain cause; at least sometimes familial. Synonym: metabolic craniopathy, Stewart-Morel syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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