behen

behen

English

Etymology

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

Noun

behen (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Any of various herbs and plants of the genera Limonium, Centaurea, Silene, etc.
   • 1735, John K'Eogh, Botanalogia Universalis Hibernica

     The roots and seed of red Behen are Styptic, or Restringent […]

   • 1862, American Journal of Pharmacy (volume 34, page 549)

     White Behen is referred by all writers on materia medica to Centaurea Behen L., a plant of Persia and traditionally also of the Lebanon.

Anagrams

• heben