MIGNONETTE

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Meaning:

Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance

Synonyms:

mignonette; Reseda odorata; sweet reseda

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("mignonette" is a kind of...):

reseda (any plant of the genus Reseda)

Holonyms ("mignonette" is a member of...):

genus Reseda (Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket)

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