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Definition of Mignonette
1. Noun. Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance.
Group relationships: Genus Reseda
Generic synonyms: Reseda
Definition of Mignonette
1. n. A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.
Definition of Mignonette
1. Noun. A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb. ¹
2. Noun. A grey-green colour, like that of the plant. ¹
3. Adjective. Of a grey-green colour, like that of the plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mignonette
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Medical Definition of Mignonette
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mignonette
Literary usage of Mignonette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"Hence these groans. There is no fleeing in a robe de nuit. Behold the deeds that
are done of Mrs. Jones! A PITCHER OF mignonette 1 A pitcher of mignonette ..."
2. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"A PITCHER OF mignonette lA pitcher of mignonette In a ... casement,— Queer sort
of flower-pot—yet That pitcher of mignonette Is a garden in heaven set, ..."
3. An Introduction to Poetry by Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty (1922)
"A PITCHER OF mignonette A pitcher of mignonette In a ... casement: Queer sort of
a flower-pot—yet That pitcher of mignonette Is a garden in heaven set, ..."
4. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1873)
"MARJORAM, pansies, mignonette, Oh, the days I dote on yet ! My love he went to
Burdon Fair, And of all the gifts that he saw there, Was none could his great ..."
5. A Whimsey Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1906)
"A PITCHER OF mignonette (Triolet) A PITCHER of mignonette, ... casement: Queer
sort of flower-pot—yet That pitcher of mignonette Is a garden in heaven set, ..."
6. Arbor Day, Its History, Observance, Spirit and Significance: Its History by Robert Haven Schauffler (1909)
"The flower-de-luce being one! O, these I lack, To make you garlands of; and my
sweet friend, To strew him o'er and o'er! A PITCHER OF mignonette BY HENRY ..."
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