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morello

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mo⋅rel⋅lo

[muh-rel-oh]
–noun, plural -los.
1. a variety of sour cherry having dark-colored skin and juice.
2. the tree bearing this fruit.

Origin:
1640–50; perh. < It amarello amarelle, confused (in E) with It morello blackish. See morel 2
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mo·rel·lo   (mə-rěl'ō)   
n.   pl. mo·rel·los
A variety of the sour cherry (Prunus cerasus var. austera) having double flowers and fruit with dark red skin.

[Perhaps from Italian amarello, from Medieval Latin amārellum, diminutive of Latin amārus, bitter.]
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