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