SG Heritage Dictionary

Beken [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. BE'HEN, BEN, OR BEK'EN, noun 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.

2. The behen of the shops, or white behen, is spatling poppy. Red behen is sea lavender.