mor·el, n. Bot.
1. Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries. [Written also morelle.]
2. A kind of cherry. See Morello.
Great morel, the deadly nightshade.
Petty morel, the black nightshade. See Nightshade.
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petty morel
n : unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from
wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled
umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico [syn: American
spikenard, life-of-man, Aralia racemosa]