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CIDE DICTIONARY

moringa, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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