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Mignonette

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mi⋅gnon⋅ette

[min-yuh-net]
–noun
1. a plant, Reseda odorata, common in gardens, having racemes of small, fragrant, greenish-white flowers with prominent orange anthers.
2. a grayish green resembling the color of a reseda plant.

Origin:
1690–1700; < F; see mignon, -ette
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mi·gnon·ette   (mĭn'yə-nět')   
n.  Any of several Mediterranean plants of the genus Reseda, especially R. odorata, widely cultivated for its terminal, dense, spikelike clusters of very fragrant but inconspicuous greenish flowers.

[French, from feminine of mignonnet, dainty, pretty, from Old French, diminutive of mignon, lover, dainty.]
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