ben nuts

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ben nuts - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]