Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of rubiaceous plants, type of the tribe Morindeœ, distinguished by its small heads of many confluent flowers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
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Examples
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Ajay Verma/Reuters Farmers sat on a heap of sugarcane outside a sugar mill in Morinda, in the northern Indian state of Punjab, Sunday.
India in Pictures 2011
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Reuters Farmers jump from a heap of sugarcanes loaded on a tractor outside a Morinda, India, sugar mill last week.
Sugar and Cotton Turn Up, With India in Driver Leslie Josephs 2010
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Forest composition varies somewhat from island to island within the Seychelles, but common tree species include: Phoenicophorium borsigianum, Albizzia falcata, Pterocarpus indicus, Adenanthera pavonina, Morinda citrifolia, Phyllanthus casticum, Pisonia grandis, and introduced coconut palms.
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The dominant species on lowland flows are Fagraea berteroana, Glochidion ramiflorum, Arytera brackenridgei, and Morinda citrifolia with Metrosideros collina and Weinmannia samoensis becoming more dominant at higher elevations.
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Chagos may be the least disturbed group, supporting broadleaved woodland of Ficus, Morinda and Terminalia (especially on smaller islands), Casuarina woodland, mixed coconut woodland, Scaevola scrub, and marsh communities.
Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests 2008
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Individual threads are painstakingly saturated with plant dyes, the color of which can change with the seasons: The deep reds in Indonesian ikats, for instance, come from the bark of the Morinda tree, which is darker during the dry season in May to October, when the sap travels down to the root to protect the tree.
The Ties That Bind 2007
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Inside this is a more diverse forest that includes the former species as well as Pisonia grandis, Pandanus tectorius, Pipturus argenteus, Sesbania coccinea, Cordia subcordata, Morinda citrifolia, and Calophyllum inophyllum.
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Moist forest is dominated by single or mixed species stands of Pisonia grandis up to 25 meters (m) high, Cordia subcordata, or Heliotrope (Tournefortia argentea) with areas of Scaevola taccada and Morinda citrifolia scrub, usually near forest edges.
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ARMSTRONG: Morinda is also being sought by police in Uganda, but they can't say for certain if she or Joseph Kibwetere are alive or dead.
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Mix 1 handful each of fresh Tinospora a rumphii vine, Cassia siamea leaves and Morinda citrifolia leaves, the grated meat from 1 mature coconut and a handful of salt in 10 liters of water.
Chapter 5 1994
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