name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
morello
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: M ER0 EH1 L OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A variety of cultivated cherry (Prunus cerasus var. austera), having a dark skin
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noun
Meaning 3
cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sour cherry
noun
Meaning 4
any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Prunus cerasus austera
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sour cherry, sour cherry tree, Prunus cerasus
History
Etymology
Probably either: * an alteration of morel with Italian -ello substituted for the ending, perhaps after Italian morello (“dark-coloured”); or * from Italian amarello and/or Dutch amarelle, marelle, both from Medieval Latin amārellum, from Latin amārus + -ellum.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ви́шна (víšna) — Prunus cerasus var. austera tree
- German: Schattenmorelle — Prunus cerasus var. austera tree
- Italian: marasco — Prunus cerasus var. austera tree
- Italian: visciolo — Prunus cerasus var. austera tree
- Norman: badgiole — Prunus cerasus var. austera tree
- Spanish: guindo — Prunus cerasus var. austera tree
- Spanish: cerezo de Morello — Prunus cerasus var. austera tree
- Bulgarian: ви́шна (víšna) — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit
- German: Schattenmorelle — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit
- Greek: βύσσινο (výssino) — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit
- Irish: searbhshilín — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit
- Italian: marasca — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit
- Italian: visciola — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit
- Norman: badgiole — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit
- Spanish: guinda — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit
- Spanish: cereza de Morello — Prunus cerasus var. austera fruit