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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MORINGA

n.A plant.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MORINGA

Mo *rin "ga, n. Etym: [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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 M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.