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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Lythraceae — the henna plant.

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  • A very remarkable and significant example of the same odor seems to occur in the case of the flowers of the henna plant, the white-flowered Lawsonia (_Lawsonia inermis_), so widely used in some Mohammedan lands for dyeing the nails and other parts of the body.

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899

  • It is known to botanists by the name Lawsonia alba or inermis, a kind of privet, which grows 6 or 8 feet high.

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • To test for Lawsonia, Male had to take blood samples from pigs on multiple properties in the multifarm pyramid systems.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • To test for Lawsonia, Male had to take blood samples from pigs on multiple properties in the multifarm pyramid systems.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • To test for Lawsonia, Male had to take blood samples from pigs on multiple properties in the multifarm pyramid systems.

    SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

  • Extracted by solvent from the henna Lawsonia inermi leaf, henna has a dark, earthy-muddy, tea-like scent, very much like the paste for Mehendi.

    Floral Tea Notes Ayala Sender 2009

  • Extracted by solvent from the henna Lawsonia inermi leaf, henna has a dark, earthy-muddy, tea-like scent, very much like the paste for Mehendi.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Ayala Sender 2009

  • In recent years, for instance, we've learned which bacteria, Lawsonia intracellularis, causes diarrhea in piglets.

    CASTING PILLS BEFORE SWINE 2008

  • “Tamar Hannà” lit. date of Henna, but applied to the flower of the eastern privet (Lawsonia inermis) which has the sweet scent of freshly mown hay.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Taanach came back to her; and after arranging two candelabra, the lights of which burned in crystal balls filled with water, she tinged the inside of her hands with Lawsonia, spread vermilion upon her cheeks, and antimony along the edge of her eyelids, and lengthened her eyebrows with a mixture of gum, musk, ebony, and crushed legs of flies.

    Salammbo 2003

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