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Webster 1913 Edition
Morinda
Mo-rin′da
,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
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – woody tropical plants with fruit resembling large mulberries.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family; Rubioideae - subfamily; Morindeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- For species see Morinda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or Morinda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia