morel

noun3

1. •
   A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.
2. •
   Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.

   • It exists in both these plants, but whilst the leaves of the last one contain it in some quantity, none is found in those of the morel. — 1836
3. •
   (no longer used) Synonym of morello (“type of cherry”).

   • The insects which injure the morel cherry-trees so much in Pennsylvania, I perceive, here occasionally act in the same way upon the branches of the wild cherry […] — 1821