morelle

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morelle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  morel \mor"el\, n. [See morelle.] (Bot.)
     1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.
        [Written also morelle.]
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     2. A kind of cherry. See Morello.
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     Great morel, the deadly nightshade.
  
     Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade.
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  Morelle \Mo*relle"\, n. [F., orig. fem. of moreau black, OF.
     morel, fr. LL. morellus. Cf. Morello, Murrey.] (Bot.)
     Nightshade. See 2d Morel.
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