alcanna

Borrowed from Spanish alcana, alheña, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ, “henna”). Compare also alkanet.

alcanna

1. (archaic) A Bush, henna (Lawsonia inermis).

• “alcanna”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Medieval Latin alkanna, alcanna, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ).

• IPA^(key): /alˈkan.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Hyphenation: al‧càn‧na

alcanna f (plural alcanne)

1. synonym of henna

• alcanna spuria (“alkanet”)

• alcanna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana