behen

== English == === Etymology === A Medieval Latin transcription of the Arabic بَهْمَن (bahman). === Noun === behen (uncountable) (obsolete) 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 ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === heben