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mignonette

/ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/

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From French mignonnette, from mignon (“dainty”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).

noun mignonettes · mignonnette

countable, uncountable 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. After amusing herself for a brief time with picking to pieces some mignonette which filled a box on the window-sill, Marie threw the flowers from her, and exclaimed,—"And here we are seated together, as we used to talk away half the night in Italy. Good Heavens! how we are altered!"
Similar: reseda
countable, uncountable A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.
countable, uncountable A mignonette vine.
countable, uncountable A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
abbreviation, countable, uncountable Short for mignonette sauce

Similar: reseda

adjective more mignonette · most mignonette · mignonnette

Of a greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant. She wore a dishabille of mignonette-green silk and bead-diapered head-dress that added several inches to her height […].
Similar: reseda

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Similar: reseda

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noun greyish-green colour — see also reseda

Deutsch	resedagrün

noun the plant Reseda odorata

日本語	木犀草 mokusei-sou
Deutsch	Garten-Resede
Română	rezedă, rozetă
Русский	резеда́ rezedá

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@misc{mignonette_2026,
  title = {mignonette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mignonette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}