morchella

Questions about morchella

What does morchella mean?

morchella means "genus of edible fungi: morel".

How many syllables are in morchella?

morchella has 3 syllables and divides as mor-chel-la under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for morchella?

Close synonyms include genus Morchella. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is morchella a common word?

morchella is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.