Henry's English Queen rejected skin decoration (5)
I believe the answer is:
henna
'skin decoration' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both substances as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'henry's english queen rejected' is the wordplay.
'henry' becomes 'H' (symbol for the unit of electrical inductance).
'english queen' becomes 'anne' (I've seen this in another clue).
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'anne' in reverse letter order is 'enna'.
'h'+'enna'='HENNA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for henna that I've seen before include "Shrub used for reddish-brown dye" , "Hair/skin dye" , "Red-brown plant dye" , "Reddish brown dye used on hair" , "Local colour" .)