morello Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Mo*rel"lo noun
Etymology
Cf. It. morello blackish, OF. morel. Cf. Morelle.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.

Webster 1913