hen|na

hen|na
hen|na «HEHN uh», noun, adjective, verb, -naed, -na|ing.
–n.
1. a dark reddish-brown dye used especially on the hair.
2. a small, thorny tree of tropical Asia and Africa from whose leaves this dye is made. Henna belongs to the loosestrife family. It bears small, fragrant white flowers and is much used as a hedge in India.
3. a reddish brown.
–adj.
reddish-brown.
–v.t.
to dye or color with henna: »

... young Japanese women with hennaed hair and painted fingernails (New Yorker).

╂[< Arabic hinnā the henna (plant)]

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