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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ben \Ben\, adverb & preposition [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan within, in in.] Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [Scot.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ben \Ben\, noun [See {Ben}, adverb] The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to {but}, the outer apartment. [Scot.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ben \Ben\ An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of {Be}. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, noun [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ben
noun: a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ben, a son
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