A plant. The white behen is a species of Cucubalus, called Swedish Lychnis, or gum sepungar. The empalement of its flower resembles net-work, and its leaves have somewhat of the flavor of pease. The behen of the shops, or white behen, is spatling poppy. Red behen is sea lavender.

or -NUTA purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy.