mignonette
a plant, Reseda odorata, common in gardens, having racemes of small, fragrant, greenish-white flowers with prominent orange anthers.
a grayish green resembling the color of a reseda plant.
Origin of mignonette
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How to use mignonette in a sentence
A delicious perfume of rosemary and mignonette filled the air from the little flower-beds.
Maezli | Johanna SpyriYour roses and mignonette, the cabbage, beans and beets, the little fountain in the corner are so charming!
Maezli | Johanna SpyriSprinkle some finely minced herbs, mignonette pepper, and salt over them.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisHyacinth (aside, Fellar talks as if the animal were a pot of mignonette).
Frank Fairlegh | Frank E. Smedley"I expect you'll enjoy being in London," she said, slowly shredding the flowers from a spray of wild mignonette.
Plashers Mead | Compton Mackenzie
British Dictionary definitions for mignonette
/ (ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt) /
any of various mainly Mediterranean plants of the resedaceous genus Reseda, such as R. odorata (garden mignonette), that have spikes of small greenish-white flowers with prominent anthers
a type of fine pillow lace
of a greyish-green colour; reseda
(as modifier): mignonette ribbons
Origin of mignonette
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