Henna - update

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Thu Dec 22 02:31:18 UTC 2011


On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> the plant and henna-derived dye

*That's* the meaning that I was aware of! ;-) In the '40'a and '50's,
"henna" was a very common and very commonly referenced -
"henna-colored hair" - shade of hair-coloring.

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