Wondering how to use Mignonette in a sentence? Below are 2 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as reseda.
Mignonette in a sentence
Mignonette meaning
- 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.
- A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna.
- A mignonette vine.
Synonyms of Mignonette
Using Mignonette
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | A mignonette tree (Lawsonia inermis), source of the dye henna. | A mignonette vine.
- Useful related words include: sweet reseda, reseda odorata, reseda.
Context around Mignonette
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mignonette
- In this selection, "mignonette" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, citrus and sauce stand out and add context to how "mignonette" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include shell with mignonette sauce and and with citrus mignonette. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mignonette" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mignonette
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Oysters are otherwise eaten chilled on a bed of crushed ice on the half shell with mignonette sauce, and are often branded on where they were harvested. (27 words)
The seasonal menu features the best of the San Juan Islands, including dishes like Lum Farm pork with black kale, sweet onion, fennel and nectarines, and Judd Cove oysters with citrus mignonette. (32 words)
The seasonal menu features the best of the San Juan Islands, including dishes like Lum Farm pork with black kale, sweet onion, fennel and nectarines, and Judd Cove oysters with citrus mignonette. (32 words)
Oysters are otherwise eaten chilled on a bed of crushed ice on the half shell with mignonette sauce, and are often branded on where they were harvested. (27 words)
Example sentences (2)
The seasonal menu features the best of the San Juan Islands, including dishes like Lum Farm pork with black kale, sweet onion, fennel and nectarines, and Judd Cove oysters with citrus mignonette.
Oysters are otherwise eaten chilled on a bed of crushed ice on the half shell with mignonette sauce, and are often branded on where they were harvested.