mignonette
n. 木犀草, 灰绿色, 精制梭结花边
发音
US
/ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/
词形变化
mignonettes
复数
mignonettes
more mignonette
比较级
most mignonette
最高级
别名
minionette
mignonnette
释义与例句
n.
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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.
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2.
A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.
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3.
A mignonette vine.
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4.
A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
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5.
Short for mignonette sauce
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adj.
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1.
Of a greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
She wore a dishabille of mignonette-green silk and bead-diapered head-dress that added several inches to her height […].
词汇关系
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相关短语
词源
From French mignonnette, from mignon (“dainty”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).
来源：wiktionary