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Meaning of mignonette pepper

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mignonette

Pronunciation:/ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt//ˌminjəˈnɛt/

noun

Definitions

  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. A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.

  3. A mignonette vine

  4. A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.

adjective

Definitions

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