petty morel

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petty morel - 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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petty morel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  petty morel
      n 1: unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished
           from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled
           umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico [syn:
           American spikenard, petty morel, life-of-man, Aralia racemosa
           ]