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figs : Morus, n., mor'tis, a genus 

 of plants : Moms nigra, nig'rd 

 (L. mger, black), the common 

 black mulberry : M. alba, dlb'-d 

 (L. albus, white), the white mul- 

 berry, less esteemed than the 

 black ; the leaves of both, 

 especially the latter, are the 

 favourite food of the silkworm, 

 and the root of the white mul- 

 berry is anthelmintic. 



morbid, a., m8rb'-id (L. morbus, 

 disease, morbidus, sickly), 

 diseased ; not sound and health- 

 ful : morbidness, n., mdrb'id- 

 n$ss, state of being diseased or 

 unsound: morbific, a,, mdrb-if-ilc 

 (L. facio, I make), causing 

 disease ; generating a sickly 

 state : morbid anatomy, the 

 study of the alterations in the 

 structure of the body, or a part, 

 produced by disease, 



morbillous, a., mdrb-il'-lus (mid. 

 L. morbilli, measles from L. 

 morbus, disease), pert, to the 

 measles ; measly : morbilli, n. 

 plu., mdrb'il'-li, the measles. 



morbus cssruleus, morb'us s%r- 

 obV-e-us (L. morbus, a disease ; 

 ccerulZus, dark-blue, azure), blue 

 disease, arising from a congenital 

 malformation of the heart or its 

 great vessels so named from the 

 purple or livid colour of the 

 skin : morbus coxarius, Tc^Tcs-dr'- 

 %-iis (L. coxdrius, pert, to the 

 hip from coxa, the hip), hip 

 disease ; a scrofulous disease, 

 nearly allied to white swelling. 



Morchella, n., mdr-k&l'ld (Ger. 

 morchel, the morel), a genus of 

 eatable fungi found on the 

 ground : Morchella esculenta, 

 &sJcf'Ul-ent'd (L. esculentus, fit for 

 eating), an edible fungus: Morel, 

 n., mdr-el', a genus of eatable 

 fungi abounding with little 

 holes, generally of the size of a 

 walnut. 



mordant, n., mtird'dnt (L. mor- 

 dax, biting, mordeo, I bite), a 

 substance employed to give 



permanency or brilliancy to t 

 dye ; any adhesive matter bj 

 means of which gold leaf is madt 

 to adhere to a surface. 



moribund, n. or a., mor'i-bund (L, 

 moribundus, dying from mori, 

 to die), in a state of dying. 



Morinda, n. , mor-ind'-a (corruptior 

 of Morus indica, Indian mulberry), 

 a genus of plants, Ord. Rubiaceae 

 so named from the shape of theii 

 fruit and native country : Mor- 

 inda citrifolia, sit'-ri-fdl'i-a (L. 

 citrus, a citron ; folium, a leaf), 

 a plant whose root is employed 

 in the East as a substitute for 

 madder under the name Soor- 

 anjee: morindin, n., mdr / -md-m, 

 a peculiar colouring matter yielded 

 by ' M. citrifolia. ' 



MoringacesB, n. plu., mdrting-grt 

 s&e (from Muring r o, the native 

 name in Malabar of the species), 

 the Moringa family, a small Order 

 of plants, some of which are 

 pungent and aromatic : Moringa, 

 n., mor-ing'-ga, a genus of plants: 

 Moringa pterygosperma, ter'-i-go* 

 sperm' d (Gr. pterux, a wing j 

 sperma, seed), the Horse-radish 

 tree whose seeds are winged, and. 

 are called Ben-nuts ; from the 

 seeds an oil is obtained, used by 

 watchmakers ; the root is pungent: 

 and stimulant, resembling Horse- 

 radish. 



morphia, n., mdrf't-d, also 

 morphine, n., mdrf'm (Gr. 

 Morpheus, the god of dreams), 

 one of the alkaloids contained in 

 opium. 



morphology, n., morf-til'-o-jl (Gr. 

 morphe, form, shape ; logos, 

 description), that department of 

 botany which treats of the forms 

 that different organs of plants 

 assume and the laws which 

 regulate their metamorphoses, 

 tracing their primary forms to the 

 leaf as a type ; applied to animals 

 in same sense : morphological, 

 a., -ddf'ik'dl, connected with or 

 relating to morphology. 



