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    GENUS MORCHELLA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of edible fungi: morelplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Morchella; Morchella

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

    Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus 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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