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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.