Defn: A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria); — called also moric acid.
MORINDA
Mo*rin"da, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks.
MORINDIN
Mo*rin"din, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East
Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia).
MORINEL
Mor"i*nel`, n. Etym: [Cf. F. morinelle.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The dotterel.
MORINGA
Mo*rin"ga, n. Etym: [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.
MORINGIC
Mo*rin"gic, a. (Chem.)