mignonette

Speech parts

1. mignonette - Noun

2. mignonette - Adjective

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reseda Reseda odorata sweet reseda jade color pepper cayenne flower miniature pigment spice paprika minivan minnie Thermopolis
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Hypernyms

reseda

Related terms

mignonette sauce mignonette pepper

Phrases with the word

mignonette vine mignonette tree

Examples

Dishes will range from Marin Miyagi oysters with smoky Champagne mignonette to an octopus tostada with grilled octopus, peanuts, potato salad, carrots, and celery on a housemade tostada, plus al pastor pork belly tacos and milanesa (breaded pork loin). Source: Internet

Oysters were meaty, briny and fresh but the spicy fennel mignonette was somewhat bitter. Source: Internet

That vinegary stuff is mignonette. Source: Internet

I’ll have mignonette and stocks, And some tall red hollyhocks, If sun and rain will come to help them grow. Source: Internet

Pepper seasoned steak (mignonette) with young turnips and anchovies. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Mignogna Mignola mignon mignonette family mignonette pepper mignonette sauce