behen Meaning & Definition
What Does Behen Mean?
Behen is a noun that means 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. Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris. It can also mean 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.
Behen Definition (Noun)
- 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. Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris
- 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.
- Behen album or white behen: a thistle native to western and central Asia, Centaurea behen
- Behen officinarum: Cucubalis behen or Oberna behen, synonyms for Silene vulgaris
Synonyms of Behen
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Behen synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
behen (uncountable)
Origin of Behen
A Medieval Latin transcription of the Arabic بَهْمَن (bahman).