# mignonette

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌmɪnjəˈnɛt/

## Definitions
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.
2. A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.
3. A mignonette vine.
4. A greyish-green colour, like that of the flowers of the plant.
5. Short for mignonette sauce

## Etymology
From French mignonnette, from mignon (“dainty”) + -ette (diminutive suffix).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mignonette