morello

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice
  2. noun cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Prunus cerasus austera

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