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behen

behen noun: behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes (now Salvia pratensis subsp. haematodes), but in other sources to be Statice limonium, which is a synonym for Limonium vulgare.

Noun

behen (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes (now Salvia pratensis subsp. haematodes), but in other sources to be Statice limonium, which is a synonym for Limonium vulgare.
    • The roots and seed of red Behen are Styptic, or Restringent […]1735, John K'Eogh, Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica
  2. (obsolete) Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen
    • White Behen is referred by all writers on materia medica to Centaurea Behen L., a plant of Persia and traditionally also of the Lebanon.1862, American Journal of Pharmacy, volume 34, page 549
  3. (obsolete) Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris

Origin of behen

A Medieval Latin transcription of the Arabic بَهْمَن (bahman).

Words formed from behen

Questions about behen

What does behen mean?
Behen means behen rubrum or red behen: said in some sources to be Salvia haematodes (now Salvia pratensis subsp. haematodes), but in other sources to be Statice limonium, which is a synonym for Limonium vulgare.
What part of speech is behen?
Behen is a noun.

Words near behen in the dictionary

  1. behelp
  2. behemoth
  3. behemothian
  4. behemothic
  5. behemoths
  6. behen
  7. behenamide
  8. behenate
  9. behenates
  10. behenchod
  11. behenchods

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