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moringa|mɒˈrɪŋgə|
Also 8 morunga, 9 marenga.
[ad. mod.L. Moringa.]
The Ben-nut tree (Moringa pterygosperma). Also attrib.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Moringa, in botany, the name by which some authors call the tree which produces the ben nut. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) VIII. 176/2 s.v. Guilandina, The moringa, or morunga nickar, is a native of the island of Ceylon, and some places on the Malabar coast. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 531 The Moringa or Ben-Nut Order. 1892M. North Recoll. Happy Life I. 102, I saw the two marenga-trees, from the berries of which the oil of Ben used by watch-makers is pressed.
Hence moˈringad, Lindley's term for a plant of the family Moringaceæ (Veg. Kingd. 1846, p. 336). |