alcanna

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alcana, alheña, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ, “henna”). Compare also alkanet.

Noun

alcanna

  1. An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “alcanna”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin alkanna, alcanna, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈkan.na/
  • Rhymes: -anna
  • Hyphenation: al‧càn‧na

Noun

alcanna f (plural alcanne)

  1. Synonym of henna

Derived terms

Further reading

  • alcanna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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