horseradish tree

horseradish tree
noun
1. : an East Indian tree (Moringa oleifera) that has a horseradish-flavored root and is cultivated throughout the tropics for its elongated capsular fruit which when young is pickled or cooked as a vegetable and for its seeds which yield ben oil
2. : any Australian tree of the genus Codonocarpus (family Phytolaccaceae) having pungent leaves suggesting the flavor of horseradish or mustard

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a tropical tree, Moringa pterygosperma, having fragrant white flowers and seeds yielding a commercially useful oil. Cf. ben2.
[1855-60]

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horseradish tree noun
1. A tree (Moringa pterygosperma) cultivated in tropical countries for its edible capsules and its seeds, ben-nuts, which yield oil of ben (the roots tasting like horseradish)
2. An Australian tree (Codonocarpus cotinifolius) with leaves of horseradish flavour
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Main Entry: ↑horse

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