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Webster 1913 Edition


Morinda

Mo-rin′da

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Noun.
(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.

Definition 2024


Morinda

Morinda

See also: morinda

Translingual

Proper noun

Morinda f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – woody tropical plants with fruit resembling large mulberries.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

morinda

morinda

See also: Morinda

English

Noun

morinda (plural morindas)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Morinda of rubiaceous trees and shrubs.


Portuguese

Noun

morinda f (plural morindas)

  1. any tree of the genus Morinda