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单词 mignonette
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Definition of mignonette in English:

mignonette

noun ˌmɪnjəˈnɛtˌmɪnjəˈnɛt
  • A herbaceous plant with spikes of small fragrant greenish flowers.

    Genus Reseda, family Resedaceae: several species, in particular the North African R. odorata, which is cultivated as an ornamental and for its essential oil, and the European wild mignonette (R. lutea)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I used to put a little vase of mignonette beside his photograph.
    • The lightweight polypropylene mesh stretches between stakes, over your flowers that need support - like snapdragons, lisianthus, campanula, mignonette and many more.
    • Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.
    • At Vithion in its wonderful setting by the sea near the end of the peninsula, there were mignonettes, scarlet tulips and geraniums.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French mignonnette, diminutive of mignon 'small and sweet'.

 
 

Definition of mignonette in US English:

mignonette

nounˌminyəˈnetˌmɪnjəˈnɛt
  • A herbaceous plant with spikes of small fragrant greenish flowers.

    Genus Reseda, family Resedaceae: several species, in particular the North African R. odorata, which is cultivated as an ornamental and for its essential oil, and the widespread wild mignonette (R. alba), originally a Mediterranean plant

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The lightweight polypropylene mesh stretches between stakes, over your flowers that need support - like snapdragons, lisianthus, campanula, mignonette and many more.
    • Try poppies, cornflowers, stocks, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, mignonette, larkspur, honesty, ox-eye daisies, marigolds, phlox, sunflowers, zinnias - whatever takes your fancy.
    • At Vithion in its wonderful setting by the sea near the end of the peninsula, there were mignonettes, scarlet tulips and geraniums.
    • I used to put a little vase of mignonette beside his photograph.

Origin

Early 18th century: from French mignonnette, diminutive of mignon ‘small and sweet’.

 
 
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