Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
henna .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
henna .
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- noun archaic
henna
Etymologies
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Arabic
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Examples
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The Mosaic law prohibited the practice of using alhenna, or putting an indelible color on the skin, as was done on occasions of mourning, or in resemblance of the dead, or in honor of some idol.
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Various 1904
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