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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MORELLO

Mo *rel "lo, n. Etym: [Cf. It. morello blackish, OF. morel. Cf. Morelle. ] (Bot. )

Defn: A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.

New American Oxford Dictionary

morello

mo rel lo |məˈrelō məˈrɛloʊ | ▶noun ( pl. morellos ) a dark cherry of a sour kind used in cooking: [ as modifier ] : morello cherries. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian morello ‘blackish, ’ from medieval Latin morellus, diminutive of Latin Maurus ‘Moor. ’

Oxford Dictionary

morello

morello |mɒˈrɛləʊ | ▶noun ( pl. morellos ) a dark cherry of a sour kind used in cooking. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian morello ‘blackish ’, from medieval Latin morellus, diminutive of Latin Maurus ‘Moor ’.