Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL-KEN'NA, or AL-HEN'NA
AL-KEN'NA, or AL-HEN'NA, n.
Egyptian privet, a species of Lawsonia. The pulverized leaves of this plant are much used by the Eastern nations for staining their nails yellow. The powder, being wet, forms a paste, which is bound on the nails for a night, and the color thus given will last several weeks. – Encyc.
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