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henna
(encz) | henna,červené barvivo Zdeněk Brož |
henna
(encz) | henna,hena n: Zdeněk Brož |
Henna
(gcide) | Henna \Hen"na\, n. [Ar. hinn[=a] alcanna (Lawsonia inermis
syn. Lawsonia alba). Cf. Alcanna, Alkanet, Orchanet.]
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1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia
(Lawsonia alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by
the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves
furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain
the nails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
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2. (Com.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or
dyestuff made from them.
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Henna
(gcide) | Lawsonia \Law*so"ni*a\, n. (Bot.)
An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with
smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is
prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is
called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, {Jamaica
mignonette}.
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henna
(wn) | henna
n 1: a reddish brown dye used especially on hair
v 1: apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every
month" |
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gehenna
(encz) | Gehenna, |
henna
(encz) | henna,červené barvivo Zdeněk Brožhenna,hena n: Zdeněk Brož |
hennaed
(encz) | hennaed, |
Alhenna
(gcide) | Alhenna \Al*hen"na\, n.
See Henna.
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Gehenna
(gcide) | Gehenna \Ge*hen"na\ (g[-e]*h[e^]n"n[.a]), prop. n. [L. Gehenna,
Gr. Ge`enna, Heb. G[=e] Hinn[=o]m.] (Jewish Hist.)
The valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where some of the
Israelites sacrificed their children to Moloch, which, on
this account, was afterward regarded as a place of
abomination, and made a receptacle for all the refuse of the
city, perpetual fires being kept up in order to prevent
pestilential effluvia. In the New Testament the name is
transferred, by an easy metaphor, to Hell.
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The pleasant valley of Hinnom. Tophet thence
And black Gehenna called, the type of Hell. --Milton.
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hennaed
(gcide) | dyed \dyed\ adj.
1. colored or impregnated with dye. [Narrower terms:
dyed-in-the-wool, yarn-dyed; hennaed] undyed
Syn: tinted.
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2. having a new color imparted by impregnation with dye;
having an artificially produced color; not naturally
colored. [Narrower terms: bleached]
Syn: colored.
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Khenna
(gcide) | Khenna \Khen"na\, n.
See Henna.
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chennai
(wn) | Chennai
n 1: a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
[syn: Chennai, Madras] |
gehenna
(wn) | Gehenna
n 1: a place where the wicked are punished after death [syn:
Gehenna, Tartarus] |
henna
(wn) | henna
n 1: a reddish brown dye used especially on hair
v 1: apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every
month" |
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