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Webster 1913 Edition
Lawsonia
Law-so′ni-a
,Noun.
(Bot.)
An Asiatic and North African shrub (
Lawsonia inermis
), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna
is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet
, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette
.