Bennet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname transferred from the given name, a less common spelling of Bennett.
  2. A male given name from Latin, in modern use often transferred back from the surname.
  3. A city in Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States.
noun
  1. Wood avens or herb bennet, a common yellow-flowered plant of Europe (Geum urbanum).
  2. poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) or water hemlock (Cicuta spp.) plants.
  3. Valerian, especially of species Valeriana officinalis.

Word forms

Bennet

Etymology

From Benedict. See French Benoît, Norman Beneît. Doublet of Benoit and Benito.

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