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Plural of morel

regular plural

The plural of morel is morels.

Forms of morel

Singularmorel /məˈɹɛl/
Pluralmorels
Countablecountable

Morels in a sentence

  • The slightly sulfurous, meaty odor of morels attracts flies, which lay eggs in the safety of the mushroom's hollow stalk.2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 388. From the entry meaty
  • My hobby is gathering the spores of some of the most delicious of the wild varieties of mushrooms, such as morels, giant puffballs and woods oysters, then cultivating them.1958, Journal of Lifetime Living, volume 24, page 15. From the entry cultivate
  • Here too are the false morels (genus Gyromitra) and elfin saddles (genus Helvella), which are generally regarded — or suspected — to be poisonous when consumed, especially if eaten raw.2003, William C. Roody, Mushrooms of West Virginia and the Central Appalachians, page 477. From the entry elfin saddle

Meaning of morel

  1. noun 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. noun Synonym of morello (“type of cherry”).
  3. noun Certain plants or genera Solanum, Atropa, and Aralia, with dark, cherry-like berries.

Full definition of morel

Questions about the plural of morel

What is the plural of morel?
The plural of morel is morels.
Is morel countable?
Morel is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: morel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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