Behn

·noun The Statice limonium, or sea lavender.

II. Behn ·noun The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury.

III. Behn ·noun The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata.

Behn, Aphra (Johnston)
(1640-1689) Novelist and dramatist, dau. of a barber named Johnston, but went with a relative whom ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin