behen (English, noun)
expansion: behen (uncountable)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: obsolete
uncountable
glosses: 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
tags: obsolete
uncountable
glosses: 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
tags: obsolete
uncountable
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