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Moringa \Mo*rin"ga\, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One
species ({Moringa pterygosperma}) is the horse-radish tree,
and its seeds, as well as those of {Moringa aptera}, are
known in commerce as {ben} or {ben nuts}, and yield the oil
called {oil of ben}.
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Ben \Ben\, Ben nut \Ben" nut`\ . [Ar. b[=a]n, name of the tree.]
(Bot.)
The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben.
See {Moringa}.
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Ben \Ben\, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by innan
within, in in.]
Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner
apartment. [Scot.]
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Ben \Ben\, n. [See {Ben}, adv.]
The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms;
-- opposed to {but}, the outer apartment. [Scot.]
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Ben \Ben\
An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of {Be}. [Obs.]
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Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}).
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