Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An old name of the bladder-campion, Silene inflata.
  • noun Also, same as ben.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.
  • noun The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata.
  • noun The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.

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Examples

  • It is obtained from a tree called behen, which grows in Mount Sinai and Upper Egypt, and, it is presumed, in certain parts of the Holy Land.

    Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814

  • Strike pe utar jao, bhale hi saare patients ko taklif ho, kisi ka bachha-bhai-maa-behen bhale hi marr jaye!!!!!!! en Español

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • Drunk with the arrogance of daulaat, he never realized "ke doosre ki behen aur biwi pe nazar daalne waale ka kabhi accha naheen hota".

    Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind 2009

  • Lashing out at BSP supremo Mayawati, the Samajwadi Party on Sunday said that if BJP's LK Advani becomes PM after the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, she would become the deputy PM as the two parties are "bhai behen ki sathi" (companions as brother and sister).

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • "Kamal ho ya Haathi, bhai behen ka sathi" (Whether it be lotus (symbol of BJP) or Haathi (elephant - BSP's poll symbol) they are companions as brother and sister), he said adding that the same Mayawati, who was trying to become secular and has joined the Third Front, campaigned for Narendra Modi in Gujarat.

    The Times of India 2009

  • Kolkata: Among interesting catchphrases before polls, BSP has one that says, "UP hui hamari hai, ab dilli ki bari hai; Bharat ki majboori hai, behen Mayawati zaroori hai" (Now that we have conquered UP, it is Delhi's turn; the country needs Mayawati).

    unknown title 2009

  • Vo apni family se pyaar kare, apni behen, bhai, bhabhi, sab se pyaar kare (he should love his whole family) ... only then can he love me.

    The Times of India 2009

  • As for behen Swati, I do concede right away that I am of an unsound mind.

    Kafila 2009

  • This stifling culture of behen, beti maa, bahu is definitely not Indian culture.

    rediff.com 2009

  • Aur choonki behen Swati bhi aapke khatoot se intahaayi hudood tak mutaasir haiN to yaqeenan aap jo bhi keh rahe haiN ghalat to woh sab nahiN hi hoga.

    Kafila 2009

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