\Ben"e\, n. (Bot.) See {Benne}.
\Be"ne\, n. [AS. b[=e]n.] A prayer; boon. [Archaic] What is good for a bootless bene ? --Wordsworth.
\Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea ({Porcula papuensis}).