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Webster 1828 Edition

Behen

BE'HEN

, BEN, OR BEK'EN,
Noun.
A plant. The white behen is a species of Cucubalus, called Swedish Lychnis, or gum sepungar. The empalement of its flower resembles net-work, and its leaves have somewhat of the flavor of pease.
The behen of the shops, or white behen, is spatling poppy. Red behen is sea lavender.

Definition 2025

behen

behen

English

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.

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