mignonette

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Just before we reached the shore, Mrs. Lynn bent forward and took the flowers from the hand of St. James before he was aware of her design Is that mignonette which is so oppressively fragrant?'

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  1. noun Any of several Mediterranean plants of the genus Reseda, especially R. odorata, widely cultivated for its terminal, dense, spikelike clusters of very fragrant but inconspicuous greenish flowers.

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  • And the usage of lemon juice and mignonette is most ideal for eating oysters because saltiness / brininess is cancelled out by citric acid. —  Eat Drink & Be Merry
  • But the washing-up belonged to Betty Outside in the garden Mrs. Bruce was drawing Dorothea's attention to the scent of the violets and mignonette, and her gay voice caused Betty to sigh heavily If my own mother had lived," she said gloomily, "I too might gather flowers. —  An Australian Lassie
  • Somehow, he never did care to talk with me; but perhaps he may yet Olive's mind seemed wandering from the conversation, and from her employment, too; for the mignonette-bed she was weeding lost quite as many flowers as weeds. —  Olive A Novel
  • Look at the mignonette--it isn't pretty, but everybody loves it and plants it, and don't think a garden's a garden without it. —  The Second Chance
  • A young girl, coming through the ward, had an armful of flowers,--white lilies, citron aloes, mignonette, and phlox--She gave her posies to all who stretched out a hand, and went out with her smiling face. —  The Long Roll
 

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  1. French, from feminine of mignonnet, dainty, pretty, from Old French, diminutive of mignon, lover, dainty.

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  1. from French mignonnetlc, the flower so called, diminutive of mignon, delicate, pretty, gracefully pleasing: see minion.
 

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/mɪnyəˈnɛt/
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