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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.


     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ben \Ben\, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan
     within, in in.]
     Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner
     apartment. [Scot.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ben \Ben\, n. [See {Ben}, adv.]
     The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms;
     -- opposed to {but}, the outer apartment. [Scot.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ben \Ben\
     An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of {Be}. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
     A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ben
       n : 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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