Synonyms for mignonette

Most common

emerald · reseda

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Noun

Definitions

1. n. 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.

Related words

Phrases

mignonette sauce

Other spellings

minionette

Forms

Plural

mignonettes → emeralds, resedas…

Example sentences

• emerald Elon Musk was born with an emerald spoon in his mouth.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

reseda³

7 letters

emerald²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reseda³ = 3 syllables).