בֵּישָׁנִי, (ביישני) m. (v. preced.) 1) inhabitant or native of Beshan. Meg. 24ᵇ (ed. בשיני, Ms. M. בשני, corr. acc.).—Pl. בֵּישָׁנִין. Y. Ber. II, 4ᵈ bot.; (Meg. l. c. אנשי בית שאן).—Ch. בַּיישַׁנָאֵי. Y. Meg. III, beg. 73ᵈ —2) beshani, name of a species of olives. Peah VII, 1 an olive called ב׳ … (Ms. M. ביי׳) beshani. Y. ib. 20ᵃ top אית דבעי מימר ב׳ ממש וכ׳ some would say, it means really a beshani (named after Beshan), others would derive its name from the fact (v. בּוֹשׁ) that it shames its neighbor (trees by its richness). [Oth. opin. a dry olive, not used for manufacturing oil.]