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behen.

Any of various plants imported into Europe for the pharmaceutical trade in dried form, so of uncertain identity.

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Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Any of various plants imported into Europe for the pharmaceutical trade in dried form, so of uncertain identity. 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.

    obsolete · uncountable

  2. Any of various plants imported into Europe for the pharmaceutical trade in dried form, so of uncertain identity. Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen

    obsolete · uncountable

  3. Any of various plants imported into Europe for the pharmaceutical trade in dried form, so of uncertain identity. Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris

    obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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