Look up: Mignonette

1. Mignonette
   (Reseda) These are hardy annual or perennial plants, which are originally from northern Africa, Europe and the Canary Islands; they are naturalized in North America. The name is derived from resado, to calm, which refers to the alleged medicinal values of the plant. The most popular kind is R...
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2. mignonette
   [n] - Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
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3. Mignonette
   Mi`gnon·ette' noun [ French mignonnette , dim. of mignon darling. See 2d Minion .] (Botany) A plant ( Reseda odorata ) having greenish flowers with orange-colored stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa ...
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4. mignonette
   <botany> A plant (Reseda odorata) having greenish 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. Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper. ... Origin: F. Mignonnette, dim. Of mignon darling. See Min...
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5. mignonette
   sweet reseda noun Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
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6. Mignonette
   • (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.
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7. mignonette
   (from the article `Arras lace`) ...lace, stronger than Lille but with similar floral patterns. Arras lace was worn at the coronation (1714) of George I of England. In the 19th ...
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8. mignonette
   any of about 60 species of herbs and shrubs making up the genus Reseda (family Resedaceae). They are native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of ...
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9. Mignonette
   Mignonette is a French girl name. The meaning of the name is `Delicate` The name Mignonette doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Mignonette seems to be unique!
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10. Mignonette
    HMS Mignonette was a British Flower Class corvette of 980 tons displacement launched in 1941. HMS Mignonette was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 85 and was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar.
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11. mignonette
    mignonette (min"yunet') , common name for some members of the Resedaceae, a small family of herbs and a few shrubs inhabiting arid regions. The main genus, the mignonettes (genus Reseda), chiefly of the Mediterranean area, has several species naturalized to waste places of the United States,...
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12. Mignonette
    Mignonette (Reseda odorata) is a perennial herb of the order Resedaceae with fragrant greyish-green blossoms borne in dense pyramidal racemes at the ends of the shoots. Mignonette was introduced to British gardens from Egypt in 1752.
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13. mignonette
    Sweet-scented plant, native to North Africa, with yellowish-green flowers in racemes (along the main stem) and abundant foliage; it is widely cultivated. (Reseda odorata, family Resedaceae.)
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14. Mignonette
    (album) `Mignonette` is a 2004 album by The Avett Brothers. It was named after an English yacht which sank off the Cape of Good Hope, leaving the crew of four stranded on a lifeboat. The cabin boy was killed and eaten by the others, two of whom were later put on trial and convicted of ...
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