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cup morel

cup morel

9.5
A mushroom you can eat with a cup-shaped body and wrinkles inside
  • noun
  • /kʌp mɔːˈrɛl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : morilla en copa
  • The forest floor was dotted with cup morels, their saucer-shaped bodies catching morning light.

Examples

  • Because cup morel can be confused with toxic species, proper identification is crucial.

  • After the rain, she found a large cup morel near the old oak tree.

  • The cup morel is a delicacy in many gourmet dishes.

  • Have you ever tried a cup morel?

  • After the rain, she found a large cup morel near the old oak tree.

  • The forest floor was dotted with cup morels, their saucer-shaped bodies catching morning light.

  • The cup morel is a delicacy in many gourmet dishes.

Synonyms

morel
vscup morel
5 8.6

A brown mushroom with a spongy cap full of holes that you can eat

is a specific edible type with a saucer-like body and radial inner wrinkles

Surface Forms

cup morel singular
cup morels plural

Morphology

cup + morel

The meaning 'a morel with a cup-shaped fruiting body' is directly derivable from combining 'cup' (bowl-shaped) as a modifier with 'morel' (a type of mushroom); a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a cup-shaped morel. This follows the regular modifier+head noun compounding pattern found in English (and similarly in many languages), so the composition is immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Cup morel gets its name from how it looks: the top is like a small cup or saucer with wrinkles inside. The word morel is the common name for this wrinkled mushroom, so the name means an 'edible' mushroom with a 'cup-shaped' body.