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mignonette
/ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/
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What does mignonette mean?
noun
- 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.
- A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.
- A mignonette vine.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
- Short for mignonette sauce
adjective
- Of a greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
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For quality, I put Mignonette at the top of the list, but it makes very small heads.
Strong woody knapweed endures it, so does toadflax and pale blue scabious, and wild mignonette.
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I have done little in experiment of late, but I find that mignonette is absolutely sterile with pollen from the same plant.
The mignonette needs a cool soil, only moderately rich, shade part of the day, and careful attention to cutting the flower-stalks before the seeds are ripe.
Blumenbach mentions an Englishman whose sense of smell was otherwise very acute, but he was unable to perceive the perfume of the mignonette.