Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Bene-seed

BENE-SEED, the production of an American plant, the botanical name of which we have not been able to ascertain. According to a letter of Mr. J. Morel, inserted in the first volume of the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society;" this seed yields an oil of an equal, and even preferable quality, to Florence oil: one hundred weight of seed will produce ninety pounds of oil; its cultivation, therefore, deserves to be strongly recommended.