henna

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a reddish-brown dye made from the powdered leaves of the henna plant, used to color hair or decorate skin

   She used henna to create a pattern on her hands.

2. 2
   noun

   a tropical shrub whose leaves are used to make henna dye

   The henna grows well in hot, dry regions.

3. 3
   verb

   to color or decorate hair or skin with henna

   They henna their hair a deep reddish brown.

Borrowed through Arabic ḥinnāʾ, the name of the plant and its dye; the Arabic word may ultimately derive from an Iranian source.

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