P=A0van=A0Rijckevorsel wrote:
Curious. Within the first ten hits of my search engine I got this:
Behen: From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an =A0 herb,
whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.)
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0(a) The {Centaurea behen}, or saw-leaved centaury.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0(b) The {Cucubalus behen}, or bladder campion, now
called =A0 =A0 =A0 {Silene inflata}.
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0(c) The {Statice limonium}, or sea lavender.


This exactly why I asked my question. I found 20 plant names all with
"behen" as the second part of the name (a latin name being the first
part). Have had no luck finding the meaning of behen in these names.

Jack