MIGNONETTE

mignonette, sweet reseda, Reseda odorata

(noun) Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

mignonette (plural mignonettes)

A plant, Reseda odorata, having greyish-green flowers with orange-coloured stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. [from early 18th c.]

A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.

A mignonette vine

A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.

Synonyms

• (plant): reseda (one sense)

• (colour): reseda

Adjective

mignonette (comparative more mignonette, superlative most mignonette)

Of a greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.

Synonyms

• reseda

Source: Wiktionary

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Mi`gnon*ette", n. Etym: [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d Minion.] (Bot.)

Definition: A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange- colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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