morchella esculenta

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   an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges

   Synonymscommon morelsponge mushroomsponge morel

   Broadermorel

   Part ofMorchella

Questions about morchella esculenta

What does morchella esculenta mean?

morchella esculenta means "an edible and choice morel with a globular to elongate head with an irregular pattern of pits and ridges".

What is another word for morchella esculenta?

Close synonyms include common morel, sponge mushroom, sponge morel. 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 esculenta a common word?

morchella esculenta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.