(n.) 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.
(n.) The leaves of the henna plant, or a preparation or dyestuff made from them.
Example Sentences:
(1) The tuberculostatic activity of the herb henna (Lawsonia inermis Linn.)
(2) Flanked by lawns and monuments, this is the site of Delhi’s passeggiata , and at sunset, candy floss and ice-cream sellers, bubble blowers and henna artists set up stall.
(3) cardinal (cd), dark red brown (drb), Henna-recessive (Hnr), purple (pr), Punch2 (Pu2), Punch-Grape (PuGr), and scarlet (st).
(4) But at school, I spent my time hiding my hennaed hands, not telling people I was eating curry at home, being very shy about being Muslim.” Only when she went to Oxford did she start to wear a headscarf.
(5) For the family, the mutilation is sometimes cause for celebration, with the daughter’s hands painted with henna.
(6) Hamaha, known as "Red Beard" because of his hennaed hair, added: "And it's only just started."
(7) You only need to look around to see why their work is needed so urgently,” said Henna Rai from Upstanding Neighbourhoods.
(8) The courtyard will become a mini-farm in the opening weeks and an ice rink over the winter, while upstairs in the classrooms there are courses on Hebrew lettering and henna body-painting, kosher cooking classes and lessons in Krav Maga – the lethal martial art taught to the Israeli Defence Force.
(9) And for a few months more it will be at its best - filled with bird lovers, blacksmiths and children with henna-stained fingers playing in the alleys.
(10) It is also useful in showing Mrs Organ Morgan's general shop with its jumble of "custard, buckets, henna, rat-traps, shrimp-nets, sugar, stamps, confetti, paraffin, hatchets, whistles" – all neatly assembled from Blake's sources.
(11) He arrived in Dadaab on a donkey cart in 1992, at the age of seven, with his mother and father: a thin, wizened man with hennaed hair and light eyes called Idris.
(12) Poisoning by a mixture of henna dye and para-phenylenediamine dyes led to the hospitalization of 31 Sudanese children between 1984 and 1989.
(13) It is possible that similar cases may be occurring unrecognized where henna is traditionally used.
(14) Pteridine analyses in double mutants combining pr with one of three other eye color mutants sepia, Henna-recessive3, and prune2, suggest that the metabolic block in pr occurs prior to sepiapterin biosynthesis.
(15) Compared to the wild type, the Punch2 mutant has diminished levels of both pteridines, whereas Henna-recessive3 lacks completely tetrahydropterin and has increased levels of tetrahydrobiopterin, as expected according to their biochemical lesions.
(16) Bi Kidude also made and applied wanja , a black cosmetic which, combined with henna, is used to paint elaborate designs on the arms and legs of young women.
Senna
Definition:
(n.) The leaves of several leguminous plants of the genus Cassia. (C. acutifolia, C. angustifolia, etc.). They constitute a valuable but nauseous cathartic medicine.
(n.) The plants themselves, native to the East, but now cultivated largely in the south of Europe and in the West Indies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Stimulation of peristalsis or a decrease of intraluminal pressure has been described manometrically after intraluminal administration of laxatives including senna.
(2) The number and frequency of the side-effects reported in the senna treatment week were very much higher (p less than 0.001) than in the lactulose week.
(3) However, a fat-free diet reduced the PG production drastically in the colonic lumen both in senna-free rats and in senna-treated rats.
(4) Several contributions of this senna symposium bring complementary information of utmost interest.
(5) These results agree with recent observations on the effects of senna in rats and mice, and do not support earlier claims that myenteric neurons are killed by anthraquinone purgatives.
(6) The results suggest that neither dimethicone nor senna improves the visibility of abdominal organs in ultrasound examination.
(7) Pharmacological research on senna started at the beginning of this century.
(8) Hamilton added: “It’s a very humbling experience to equal Ayrton Senna [with three wins] who meant so much to me and still does.
(9) In order to investigate the toxic effects of long-term treatment with anthraquinone laxatives, rats were fed either chocolate alone, or chocolate adulterated with senna or danthron (1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone) for 5 months.
(10) In addition, in a high-risk group for colorectal cancer, 31 persons received PEG or senna preparation and their REP was not significantly different from that of 23 examined without these preparations.
(11) He won a Bafta for his 2011 study of the Formula One star Ayrton Senna.
(12) Satisfactory cleansing results were achieved with Bisacodyl as well as with Senna (98.3 vs. 95%).
(13) Was he referring to their general relationship or something more specific, namely the start of the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix when Senna took out Prost?
(14) The day before endoscopy either Bisacodyl or extractum Sennae was given to 120 patients.
(15) The senna was administrated as ground senna pods mixed with milk chocolate.
(16) No peristaltic response was stimulated in the rectum, either with activated senna or with rheinanthrone.
(17) Hamilton’s promise to take a page out of his idol Ayrton Senna’s book – he later described this as “a joke” but it was no such thing at the time – lent a frisson to the first corner.
(18) Oral administration of senna pod extract (7-5-90 mg kg-1) produced a dose-dependent increase in the number of soft faeces excreted by normal rats.
(19) Senna, containing only dianthrones as active substances, is still in the center of scientific research and merits this special attention.
(20) The effectiveness and acceptability of three colon cleansing regimens for colonoscopy were compared in a prospective study in 271 patients stratified as in- and out-patients and randomly assigned to either I) a diet and Senna laxative (X-prep), combined with a saline enema (n = 88); II) 41 of a polyethylene glycol electrolyte lavage solution (Golytely) (n = 90); or III) a combined regimen of Cascara-Salax laxative (PicoSalax) and 1.51 Golytely (n = 93).