mignonette
English
Etymology

A botanical illustration of the mignonette (Reseda odorata; sense 1)[1]
From French mignonette, from mignon (“dainty”) + -ette (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌminjəˈnɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
- Hyphenation: mig‧non‧ette
Noun
mignonette (plural mignonettes)
- 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. [from early 18th c.]
- A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.
- A mignonette vine
- A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
- mignonette colour:
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See also
- dyer's rocket
- Appendix:Colors
References
- Edward Step; cultural drections edited by William Watson (1896) Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, London; New York, N.Y.: Frederick Warne & Co., OCLC 3212995, plate 31 (facing page 67).
Further reading
Reseda odorata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies mignonette (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ɲɔ.nɛt/
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