bennet

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.

   “- - - the triplex, sir, is a good tripping measure; or the bells of Saint Bennet, sir, may put you in mind; one, two, three.”

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.