mignonette

/ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt//ˌminjəˈnɛt/

noun

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    A mignonette vine

  4. 4

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

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adjective

  1. 1

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

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