BEHEN

(Lat.), n. n., indecl. ’n. From a name (also written behem, behn, been, and ben) given by the Arabs to the roots of various plants. 1. Of Hill, a genus of eon pont plants now referred to Serratula, 2. Of Ménch, a genus of plants now referred to Silene. [B,170.]—B. abiad. See White b. (Ist def.).—L. abias. The Red b. [B, 46.]— B. ackmar. Of the Arabians, probably the red b. [B, 121.]—B. alb i radix. See White b. (1st de B. album [Rauwolff], B. album Rauwolfi. See White b. In botany, calyptrate or (Ger.). See B.—B’baum (Ger.). The Moringa pte erm a. [A, 315.|—B’floc ken blume (Ger.). The Centaurea b. |B, 180. B. Hamer (Arab.). The White b. (1st def.). [B, 46,)—Ktimmender B. (Ger.). The Silene baccifera. [B, 180.]—B. no str at is [B, 97.j—B'hu (Ger.). radix. The root of Silene in flat a. See B. nut.—B'nu baum (Ger.). The Moringa pterygosperma. (|B, 180,|—B. nut. Lat., nuces b. Fr., noix de b. Ger.,. The seeds of the Moringa pterygosperma (q. v.). JB. 181.]—B.-nut oil. Lat., oleum 6. (seu balatinum). Ger.,. The oil expre ed from the seeds of the Moringa pterygosperma. It contains behenic acid, and was formerly employed as a pues and anthelminthic, and externally in skin diseases. [B, 180, ]. » radix. Ger., Bwurzel. The root of Centaurea b. [B, 97.]—I3. rouge (Fr.). See Red b.—B. rubri radix. The root of Statice limonium. [B, 97.]—B. rubrum, B. rubrum limonium. See Red b.— (Ger.). See BEHENIC acid.—B’scharte (Ger.). See SER- RATULA b.—B’wurzel (Ger.). See B. radix—Folia b. rubri. The leaves of Statice limonium. [B, 180.]—Gemelne (Ger.). See B. nut—Gemeiner B. (Ger.). See Silene in flat a.— Nuces B. See B. nut.—Oleuin b. See B.-nut oil.—Radix b., Radix b. alb i. Ger., wei e B’wurzel. The root of Centaurea b, [B, 180.]—Radix b. no str at is. The root of Silene in flat a. [B, 180.]—Kadix b. rubri, Red b. Lat., behen rubrum. Fr., b. rouge. Ger., rother B. The root of Statice iimonium (q. v.). _ [B. 121, 180.] —Wei e (Ger.). The root of Centaurea b. [B, 180.J— W te b. Fr., b. blanc. Ger., wei e B’wurzel (Ist def.), wei er B. 1. Of the Arabs, probably the root of Centaurea b. [B, 121, 180.] 2. The Silene in flat a, the root of which is often substituted for that of the Centaurea b. ‘[B, 121, 180.]