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false morel

false morel noun: any of several Ascomycota mushrooms in the genus Gyromitra which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella.

false morel: any of several Ascomycota mushrooms in the genus Gyromitra which bear a resemblance to the highly...
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Noun

false morel (plural false morels)

  1. Any of several Ascomycota mushrooms in the genus Gyromitra which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella.

Forms of false morel

pluralfalse morels

Questions about false morel

What does false morel mean?
False morel means any of several Ascomycota mushrooms in the genus Gyromitra which bear a resemblance to the highly regarded true morels of the genus Morchella.
What part of speech is false morel?
False morel is a noun.
What is the plural of false morel?
The plural of false morel is false morels.

Words near false morel in the dictionary

  1. false miterwort
  2. false modesties
  3. false modesty
  4. false monarch
  5. false monarchs
  6. false morel
  7. false morels
  8. false move
  9. false moves
  10. false negative
  11. false negatives

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