单词 | ben-nut |
释义 | > as lemmasben-nut a. The winged seed of the horseradish tree ( Moringa pterygosperma); also called ben-nut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > tropical > ben-nut ben-nut1559 myrobalan date1601 myrobalan ben1706 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 239 The fruites of Ben..are found about Gonna plenteously. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 374 The Egyptian Ben is more oleous and fat. 1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 35 Ben Nut-Tree..an Arabian Tree. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) ii Myrobalanum..myrobalan, Ben, or a fruit of Ægypt, about the bigness of a filberd. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 756 The seeds of..the Horse-radish tree are winged, and are called Ben-nuts. < as lemmas |
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