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henna

he nuh

  • n  a reddish brown dye used especially on hair
  • v  apply henna to one's hair
    She hennas her hair every month

  • The women were gossiping and painting their hands red with henna.
  • Coloring hair has been intermittently fashionable for centuries, from Egyptian henna to the white-powdered wigs and hair of the 18th century.
  • After each attack, the men are examined and those with henna stains upon them are summarily shot.
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  • Bergeron in Canada.com
    Renee-France Bergeron of Health Canada said "PPD is banned in black henna . . . but that the ban is very difficult to enforce since the establishments that do it are often transient."
  • Phillip Noyce in Courier Mail
    I found the things that the people had to say, particularly Bonnie Henna, extremely illuminating, even though I had been so closely involved with the movie,says Noyce. "I think the worst type of racism is the idea that people from...

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