Morin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Morin \Mo"rin\, n. (Chem.)
     A yellow crystalline substance ({C15H10O7}) of acid
     properties extracted from fustic ({Chlorophora tinctoria}
     syn. {Maclura tinctoria}, formerly called {Morus tinctoria});
     -- called also {moric acid} and {natural yellow 8}. It is
     used as a dye for wool, giving a color from lemon yellow


     through olive to olive brown, depending on the metal with
     which it is mordanted.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]