Moringa \Mo*rin"ga\, 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 M. aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)