| 单词 | red behen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred behen red behen n. now rare (originally) an unidentified plant whose root was used medicinally; (in later use) sea lavender (genus Limonium) (see behen n. 1). ΚΠ 1579 W. Bullein Bk. Compoundes f. 9, in Bulwarke of Def. Rootes both of the whyte and red Behen. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. ii. xxviii. 47/2 Of White and Red Behen, or Ben... The Red Ben is a Root brought to us..from Mount Libanus, and other Places of Syria. 1754 J. Hill Useful Family Herbal 35 Red Behen..a Common wild Plant about our Sea-Coasts..also called by some Sea Lavender. 1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 195/2 If grown in gardens, salt should be cautiously administered to the red behen. 1964 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 54 41/2 The English ‘Behen’ is derived from the Arabic bahman, and is commonly used to designate the bladder campion (the white behen), and the sea lavender (the red behen)... The Persian bahman refers to the medicinally used roots of a plant resembling a large radish. < as lemmas |
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