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mignonette

The correct spelling is mignonette.

How to pronounce mignonette

noun

IPA: /ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/

Say it like: Min-one-tte

The correct spelling is mignonette. 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 usua…

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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.

adjective

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

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