English-Thai Dictionary
mignonette
N พืช ไม้ดอก พวก Reseda odorata มีสีสัน สวยงาม
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MIGNONETTE, MIGONET
n.An annual flower or plant of the genus Reseda, having the scent of raspberries.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MIGNONETTE
Mi `gnon *ette ", n. Etym: [F. mignonnette, dim. of mignon darling. See 2d Minion. ] (Bot. )
Defn: 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. Mignonette pepper, coarse pepper.
New American Oxford Dictionary
mignonette
mi gnon ette |ˌminyəˈnet ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt | ▶noun 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. ] ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French mignonnette, diminutive of mignon ‘small and sweet. ’
Oxford Dictionary
mignonette
mignonette |ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt | ▶noun 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 ). ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French mignonnette, diminutive of mignon ‘small and sweet ’.
Duden Dictionary
Mignonette
Mi g no nette, Mi gno nette Substantiv, feminin , die |…joˈnɛt |die Mignonette; Genitiv: der Mignonette, Plural: die Mignonettes 1 schmale, feine Spitze aus Zwirn 2 klein gemusterter Kattun
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