Also -gie. [ad. Skr. suraṅgī.] The root of Morinda citrifolia; a dye obtained from this; morindin.
1848. Anderson, in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin. (1849), XVI. 438. The colouring matter of sooranjee, to which I give the name of Morindine.
1866. Treas. Bot., 286/1. A dye called Soorangie is procured from the root of Morinda citrifolia.
1874. Crookes, Pract. Handbk. Dyeing & Calico-Printing, 392. Cotton … placed in a bath of the ground-up sooranjee.
