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Definition of Common morel

1. Noun. An edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Morel

Literary usage of Common morel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"... either stewed or broiled : the young or button mushroom is pickled. 2dly. Morchella esculenta, (common morel,) employed to flavor gravies, ragouts, &c. ..."

2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The common Morel is a familiar example. The genus occurs both la the north and south hemispheres, but does not seem to like a very hot climate. ..."

3. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The common morel (Morchella esculenta Pers.) has a hollow stalk, yellow to brown head, and ochre- colored spores. 2. The Spring Morel (Gyromitra esculenta ..."

4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1876)
"... at this season of the year do not belong to the common Morel (Morchella ... and differ in several respects from the common Morel, and they have been ..."

5. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... the common morel, is a mushroom-like fungus, growing in great abundance in the woods of Germany and France, particularly after any of the trees have ..."

6. The elements of materia medica and therapeutics by Jonathan Pereira (1842)
"... either stewed or broiled : the young or button mushroom is pickled. 2dly. Morchella esculenta (common morel), employed to flavour gravies, ragouts, &c. ..."

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