Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
henna .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An oriental shrub (
Lawsonia inermis ) from which henna is obtained.
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- noun botany An
oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from whichhenna is obtained.
Etymologies
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Spanish alcana, alhea, from Arabic. See henna and compare alkanet.
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