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Webster 1913 Edition


Moringa

Mo-rin′ga

,
p
rop.
Noun.
[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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Moringa

MORIN'GA

,
Noun.
A plant.