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Mo*rin"da (?), n. (Bot.) 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.

Mo*rin"din (?), n. (Chem.)
A yellow dyestuff extracted from the root bark of an East Indian
plant (Morinda citrifolia).

Mor"i*nel` (?), n. [Cf. F.
morinelle.] (Zoöl.) The dotterel.

Mo*rin"ga (?), n. [Malayam
murunggi.] (Bot.) 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.

Mo*rin"gic (?), a. (Chem.)
Designating an organic acid obtained from oil of ben. See
Moringa.

Mo`rin*tan"nic (?), a. [NL.
Morus fustic + E. tannic.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a variety of tannic acid
extracted from fustic (Maclura, formerly Morus, tinctoria) as
a yellow crystalline substance; -- called also
maclurin.


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