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From The 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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 :
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.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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 :
Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis).
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
ben
n 1: a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
BEN
BEstaetigungsNummer (banking)
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) :
Ben, a son
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