mignonette
/ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt//ˌminjəˈnɛt/
noun
- 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
A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.
- 3
A mignonette vine
- 4
A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
adjective
- 1
Of a greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
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