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語源 1

Borrowed from French morille (compare Picard merouille, meroule (“morel, mushroom”)), from Middle High German morhel, morchel (“edible fungus, morel”), from Old High German morhila (“edible root”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *morhā (“tree root, plant root”), from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhijǭ (“edible root”), from Proto-Indo-European *mork- (“tuber, edible herb”). Akin to German Morchel (“morel”), Middle Low German morke (“mushroom, morel”), German Möhre (“carrot”). Equivalent to dialectal more (“carrot, root”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix).

別の表記

• morell, moril

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /məˈɹɛl/
• 韻: -ɛl

名詞

morel (plural morels)

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

派生語

• black morel (Morchella angusticeps, Morchella conica, Morchella elata, Morchella septentrionalis)
• white morel (Morchella deliciosa)
• yellow morel (Morchella esculenta
• false morel (Gyromitra spp.)
• snow morel (Gyromitra gigas)

語源 2

From 中期英語 morel, morell, from Anglo-Norman and Old French morel, morele, morelle and their etymon Medieval Latin maurella, morella, from Late Latin maurus, morus (“black”) + Latin ella (diminutive suffix).

名詞

morel (plural morels)

1. (archaic) Synonym of morello (“type of cherry”).
   • 1821, Thomas Nuttall, A journal of travels into the Arkansa Territory, page 122:

     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 […]

2. Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.
   • 1836, François Magendie, A Formulary for the Preparation and Medical Administration of Certain New Remedies, page 142:

     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.

派生語

• great morel (Atropa belladonna)
• morello (probably an alteration)
• petty morel (Solanum nigrum, Aralia racemosa)

参照

• “morel”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• Lomer, Merlo