Complete Definition of "mignonette"

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English

Etymology
From the French mignon, dainty

Pronunciation
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Noun
mignonette

  1. 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.
  2. colour a grey-green colour, like that of the plant.

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Scientific names
Reseda odorata

Translations
Russian: �езеда /r'ez'edá/ f (1)

Adjective
mignonette

  1. colour of a grey-green colour, like that of the plant.
Quotations
1919, w:Ronald Firbank|Ronald Firbank, w:Valmouth|Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 44

See also
dyer�s rocket
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Colors
Category:Greens
Category:Plants


French

Noun
mignonette

  1. 5cl bottle (alcohol sample).

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