About The Word Henna
Learn about the word Henna to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Henna definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Henna
| Henna Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Henna?
[n] a reddish brown dye used especially on hair
[v] apply henna to one's hair; "She hennas her hair every month" Synonyms | Synonyms for Henna: Related Terms | Find terms related to Henna: adust | auburn | bay | bayard | bay-colored | brazen | bronze | bronze-colored | bronzed | brownish-red | castaneous | chestnut | chestnut-brown | copper | copper-colored | coppery | cupreous | ferruginous | foxy | liver-brown | liver-colored | livid-brown | mahogany | reddish-brown | roan | rubiginous | rufous | russet | russety | rust | rust-colored | rusty | sunburned | terra-cotta | Titian See Also | bepaint | hair coloring | hair dye | tinct | tinge | tint | touch Henna In Webster's Dictionary \Hen"na\, n. [Ar. hinn[=a] alcanna ({Lawsonia inermis or
alba}). Cf. {Alcanna}, {Alkanet}, {Orchanet}.]
1. (Bot.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus {Lawsonia} ({L.
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 hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.
2. (Com.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or
dyestuff made from them.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Infrigidation ‐ the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative…
- Genus coelophysis ‐ late Triassic carnivorous saurischian…
- Spasticity ‐ the quality of moving or acting…
- Flotation ‐ financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares [n]…
- Psychological medicine ‐ the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment…
- Apis mellifera ‐ social bee often domesticated for the honey…
- Hb ‐ a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood…
- Accumulated ‐ brought together into a group or crowd; "the accumulated letters…
- Buggery ‐ anal intercourse committed by a man with a…
- Pygmalion ‐ (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and…