MORCHELLA ESCULENTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Morchella esculenta mean? 

• MORCHELLA ESCULENTA (noun)
  The noun MORCHELLA ESCULENTA has 1 sense:

1. an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges

  Familiarity information: MORCHELLA ESCULENTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORCHELLA ESCULENTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common morel; Morchella esculenta; sponge morel; sponge mushroom

Hypernyms ("Morchella esculenta" is a kind of...):

morel (any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap)

Holonyms ("Morchella esculenta" is a member of...):

genus Morchella; Morchella (genus of edible fungi: morel)