| morin | <chemistry> A yellow crystalline substance of acid properties extracted from fustic (Maclura tinctoria, formerly called Morus tinctoria). Synonym: moric acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| morinda | <botany> 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morindin | <chemistry> A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian plant (Morinda citrifolia). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morinel | <zoology> The dotterel. Origin: Cf. F. Morinelle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moringa | <botany> 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. Origin: Malayam murunggi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| moringic | <chemistry> Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See Moringa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| morintannic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid extracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as a yellow crystalline substance. Synonym: maclurin. Origin: NL. Morus fustic + E. Tannic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |