- Any of various edible mushrooms of the genusMorchella and related genera, characterized by a brownish spongelike cap. 羊肚菌：任一种羊肚菌属 及相关菌属的食用菌，长有棕色海棉状的顶盖
- French morille 法语 morille
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- perhaps from Vulgar Latin *maurīcula 可能源自 俗拉丁语 *maurīcula
- feminine diminutive of Latin Maurus [Mauritanian, Moor] * see Moor 拉丁语 Maurus的阴性小后缀 [毛里塔尼亚的，荒野] * 参见 Moor