Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Morel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Moril}.] (Bot.)
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. [Written also
{moril}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Morelle}.] (Bot.)
1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.
[Written also {morelle}.]
2. A kind of cherry. See {Morello}.
{Great morel}, the deadly nightshade.
{Petty morel}, the black nightshade. See {Nightshade}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
morel
n : any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella
having a brownish spongelike cap
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