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An orange-red anthraquinone derivative which occurs in the roots and heartwood of morindas and is the aglycone of morindin; 1,5,6-trihydroxy-2-methylanthraquinone, C₁₅ H₁₀ O₅.
Mid 19th century. From scientific Latin Morinda + -one, after morindin.