BEHEN

{ Be″hen (�), Behn } (�), n. [[Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.]] (Bot.) (a) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury. (b) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata. (c) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.