Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: be-hen
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

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

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

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

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The roots and seed of red Behen are Styptic, or Restringent […]"
"White Behen is referred by all writers on materia medica to Centaurea Behen L., a plant of Persia and traditionally also of the Lebanon."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: -, بَهْمَن

Usage

Derived Forms

behenic

Questions

What does behen mean?: Any of various plants imported into Europe for the pharmaceutical trade in dried form, so of uncertain identity.
Where does behen come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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