behen
nounEtymology A Medieval Latin transcription of the Arabic بَهْمَن (bahman).
› Any of various plants imported into Europe…
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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:
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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:
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Obsolete Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris
- Derived terms
- behenic