morchella

English Thesaurus

1. genus of edible fungi: morel (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus genus,
definition	:	includes lichen genera (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	morel,
definition	:	any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	common morel, morchella esculenta, sponge morel, sponge mushroom,
definition	:	an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family helvellaceae, helvellaceae,
definition	:	family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous (noun.plant)