ben oil

noun

1. See under ben².

noun

1. the seed of a tropical tree, Moringa pterygosperma, that yields an oil (ben oil) used in manufacturing cosmetics and lubricating delicate machinery.

noun

1. an inner room in a house or cottage

preposition, adverb

2. in; within; inside; into the inner part (of a house)

adjective

3. inner

noun

1. any of several Asiatic trees of the genus Moringa, esp M. oleifera of Arabia and India, whose seeds yield oil of ben, used in manufacturing perfumes and cosmetics, lubricating delicate machinery, etc: family Moringaceae
2. the seed of such a tree

noun

1. Scot and Irish a mountain peak (esp in place names)Ben Lomond

n.

“mountain peak” in Celtic place names (especially of roughly pyramidal peaks standing alone), from Gaelic beinn, from Old Irish *benno- “peak, horn, conical point,” from PIE root *bend- “projecting point.”