MORCHELLA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Genus of edible fungi: morel

Synonyms:

genus Morchella; Morchella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)