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MORCHELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Morchella mean?
• MORCHELLA (noun)
The noun MORCHELLA has 1 sense:
1. genus of edible fungi: morel
Familiarity information: MORCHELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of edible fungi: morel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Morchella; Morchella
Hypernyms ("Morchella" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Morchella"):
morel (any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap)
common morel; Morchella esculenta; sponge morel; sponge mushroom (an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges)
Holonyms ("Morchella" is a member of...):
family Helvellaceae; Helvellaceae (family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous)
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