VLVL2 (15): Tenaxed

[Dave Monroe]

"Che arrived at Noir Center all out of breath, dressed
in leather, denim, metal, and calico, with a bazooka
rocket bag slung over one wide precise shoulder and
her hair today Tenaxed up into this amazing feathery
crest, in a blond shade soured to citric." (VL, Ch.
15, p. 328)


"bazooka rocket bag"

E.g., ...

http://hometown.aol.com/hankband/bazooka.html


"Tenaxed"

Tenax Hair Fixative (men and women)

Designed to make your hair stay in place, keeping your
hair tidy throughout the day while maintaining teh
scalp's natural pH level.  Containing no alcohol, it
does not dry the hair and your hair will not be
'unnaturally' shiny.

http://www.scentier.com/roger.edt.html

SPECIES: Xerophyllum tenax

ABBREVIATION : 
XERTEN

SYNONYMS : 
   Xerophyllum douglasii
   Helonias tenax

[...]

Native Americans in the Rocky Mountain region traded
this plant to tribes from other areas.  Eastern
prairie tribes used the boiled roots for hair tonic
and as a treatment for sprains....

http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/forb/xerten/all.html


	
		
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