Henna

hen'na, n. (Bot.) An oriental flowering shrub of the genus Laws on i a. Powdered henna leaves, or a paste made of the leaves, used by Egyptians and Asiatics to dye their nails, etc., of an orange hue. [Ar. hinna-a, the dyeing or coloring shrub.] Hepatic, he-pafik, -ical, a. Pert, to, or having the color of the liver. [OF. hepatique, L. hepatic us, fr. Gr. hepar^ hepatis, ~L.jeeur, Skr. yakrit, the liver.] — Hepat/ica, -T-ka, n. A ranunculaceous plant, the lobes of whose leaves are thought to resemble the lobes of the liver. [L.]— Hep'atiza'tion, w. (Med.) Conversion of the lungs, etc., into a substance resembling the liver. — Hep'atogas'trie, a. Pert, to the liver and stomach. [Gr. gaster, gastros, belly.]